Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a
Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to two
years imprisonment an impersonator of a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel
Suswan.
The convict: Joseph Onoja was
arraigned on an initial 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy to defraud,
personation, forgery and using false document. At the point of
arraignment, he pleaded not guilty to the charges but later changed his plea to”guilty”
to an amended one count charge..
Justice Akapo convicted him on
the one-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, and sentenced him accordingly. The convict was
sentenced to 2 years Imprisonment and the sentence will run from the day of his
conviction.
Gabriel was arrested by operatives
of the EFCC, sometime in 2014 following a petition that he impersonated
Suswan. He had attempted to extort money from some foreigners under the
pretence of giving them contracts. Also, he procured a fake
international passport bearing the name of the former governor but with his own
passport photograph.
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