Abdulazeez Isah in Kaduna State has been sentenced to 3years imprisonment following his arrest for parading himself as an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a statement on Thursday, the Kaduna Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency said it has successfully obtained a conviction and imposed a three-year prison sentence on the suspect for falsely presenting himself as a staff of the EFCC body.
Justice Isiaka sentenced Isah to jail after he pleaded guilty to a single charge of impersonation.
The charge against Isa read:
“That you, Abdulazeez Isah, sometime in November 2023 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, committed an offence of impersonation to wit: falsely presenting yourself as a staff of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the general public, which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 142(1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.”
Based on his pleas, the EFCC Counsels, M.U Gadaka and K.S Ogunlade requested the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
Justice Isiaka sentenced Isah to three years in prison or a fine of N150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).
Isah, while admitting to falsely presenting himself as an EFCC staff member to unsuspecting individuals, also confessed to financing the production of counterfeit T-shirts, identity cards, and caps of the Commission, which were found in his possession upon arrest.
