The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Abdulazeez Isah to three years imprisonment for parading himself as a staff of the EFCC.
Justice Isiaka jailed Isah after he pleaded guilty to one-count charge bordering on impersonation.
The charge against Isa reads “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.”
Justice Isiaka convicted and sentenced Isah to three years imprisonment or a fine of N150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira)
Isah bagged his imprisonment by falsely parading himself to unsuspecting members of the public as a member of staff of the EFCC.
Upon his arrest, he admitted financing the production of fake T-shirts, identity cards and caps of the Commission found in his possession.
