A Lagos court has sentenced two men, Ugwu Chijioke and Ibrahim Adekunle to 46 years in prison for impersonating officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and issuing a fake court order.

A statement on X.com on Sunday revealed that the pair were apprehended in May 2021 at New Horizon Estate, Lekki, Lagos, based on credible intelligence provided to the commission.

When arrested, they were caught performing an illegal operation, with fake EFCC identity cards, jackets, and a purported court order from Mushin Magistrate Court recovered from them.

They were subsequently arraigned on October 12, 2021, by the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC on a five-count charge.

The charges were amended to include impersonation, attempted property fraud, possession of false documents, and unlawful wear of the EFCC uniform.

The suspects appeared before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe at the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, where they admitted to the charges.

After the defendants pleaded guilty, prosecution counsel Abdulhamid Tukur reviewed the case facts, proving their guilt, and requested the court to issue a guilty verdict and impose appropriate sentences.

Finding them guilty on all charges, Justice Abike-Fadipe sentenced the defendants to seven years each for counts one through three, one year each for count four, and eight months each for count five.

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