Inside Details Of How Two Fake EFCC Operatives Bagged 46 Years In Prison

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Two persons who falsely identified themselves as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been convicted on a five-count charge bordering on impersonation, among others.

The two individuals identified as Ugwu Pascal Chijioke and Ibrahim Sadiq Adekunle were arraigned before a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on a five-count charge bordering on impersonation, attempt to obtain property, possession of documents containing false pretence and unlawfully wearing the uniform of the EFCC.

Delivery judgment on the matter, the presiding judge, Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, granted an order declaring Chijioke and Adekunle guilty.

The judge also sentenced the convicts to 46 years in prison for impersonation.

Justice Abike-Fadipe found them guilty as charged on counts one, two, three, four and five.

He sentenced the defendants to seven years on counts one to three each, one year on count four and eight months on count five.

The court ruled that the sentences are to run concurrently.

It would be recalled that the convicts were arrested sometime in May 2021, following credible intelligence received by the Commission, while they were in the middle of an illegal operation at the New Horizon Estate, Lekki, Lagos.

Items recovered from them at the point of arrest included fake EFCC identity cards, jackets, and a court order purported to have emanated from a Mushin Magistrate Court.

They were subsequently arraigned on October 12, 2021, for an amended five-count charge, to which they initially pleaded not guilty.

One of the counts reads: “That you, Ugwu Pascal Chijioke and Ibrahim Sadiq Adekunle, on or about the 12th day of ay, 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by false pretence and with intent to defraud, attempted to obtain property from one Oriyomi Johnson under the pretext that the ‘Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos State Judiciary, Mushin, Lagos’ issued an Order to the effect that the property located at New Horizon Estate, Lekki- Ikate, Lagos be seized and the said apartment sealed pending the arrival of the said Oriyomi Johnson, which representation you knew to be false and committed an offence of attempt to obtain property by falpretencense contrary to Sections 8(b) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section11(3) of the same Act.”

Another count reads: “That you, Ugwu Pascal Chijioke and Ibrahim Sadiq Adekunle, on or about the 12th day of ay, 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court not being a person holding any office in or authority of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, wore a jacket bearing the official mark of the Commission, which was calculated to convey the impression that you held such authority and committed an offence of unlawfully wearing the uniform of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission contrary to Section 79(1) (b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”

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