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From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
The Kano State High Court on Friday sentenced two fake investigators purporting to be staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to jail. The convicts, Buhari Abdullahi and Umar Mukhtar Usman were sentenced by Justice Nasiru Saminu.
The duo was arraigned on a one-count charge of falsely parading themselves as investigators of the EFCC.
The charge specifically stated that they used a forged EFCC Identity card to impersonate their staff, an offence that is contrary to and punishable under Section 132 of the Penal Code Law.
The charge reads ‘’That you Buhari Abdullahi and Umar Mukhtar Usman sometime in May 2025 at Kano within the jurisdiction of this honourable court falsely impersonated to be investigators of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where you used false identity card and paraded yourselves as staff of EFCC and you thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 132 of the Penal Code law.”
Upon arraignment, the defendants pleaded guilty to the charge. Consequently, Justice Saminu convicted Abdullahi and Usman and sentenced them to six months imprisonment with an option of fine of in the sum of N50,000.00 each.
