Justice B. Kuewunmi of a Lagos Federal High Court, has convicted and sentenced one Okoro Anthony, to four years imprisonment for falsely parading himself as an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The convict was sentence to prison, after he pleaded guilty to one count bordering on impersonation.
Before the convict was sentenced, the NDLEA prosecutor, Mr. Fingere Dinneys, informed the court that Anthony was arrested sometime in December 2013, around Alaba Primary School, Alaba, Lagos, where he was falsely parading himself as a Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics of the NDLEA.
Dinneys further informed the court that a fake NDLEA letterhead papers, a fake letter of employment and a fake letter of compensation were found with the convict.
The convict was charged with the offence of "unlawful assumption of name, character and designation of an officer of the NDLEA", contrary to and punishable under Section 15 of the NDLEA Act Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The convict was not represented by any lawyer.
The prosecutor, while reviewing the facts of the case, tendered Anthony's confessional statement and the exhibits recovered from the convict, such as fake NDLEA letterhead papers, a fake letter of employment and a fake letter of compensation, which were admitted in evidence against the convict by the judge.
Pronouncing the convict guilty as charge, the judge said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Consequently, Justice Kuewumi sentenced him to four years imprisonment commencing from Thursday.
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