The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, on Thursday, convicted two men of impersonating officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to defraud members of the public, with sentencing fixed for 22 July.
Trial judge M. Zubairu convicted Haruna Mamuda and Sadiq Umar after they pleaded guilty to five charges of criminal conspiracy, impersonation and unlawful representation.
The charges arose from allegations that the defendants falsely presented themselves as EFCC operatives in March and used the assumed identities to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.
According to the prosecution, the two defendants, alongside Salifu Mustapha, who is standing trial separately before an FCT High Court in Kubwa, conspired to impersonate public officers by falsely claiming to be officials of the anti-graft agency. The alleged offence is contrary to Section 96 of the Penal Code Act and punishable under Section 132 of the same Act.
One of the counts also accused Mr Umar, who is also known as Abubakar Hashimu Umar, of falsely presenting himself as an EFCC officer and using that assumed identity to defraud members of the public, contrary to Section 132 of the Penal Code Act.
