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Nigerian Court Jails Surety Five Years For Impersonating To Secure Suspect's Bail

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Command arraigned Yaro before Justice Daruis Khobo on one count bordering on impersonation. 

The Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Ali Sani Yaro to five years in prison for alleged impersonation. 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Command arraigned Yaro before Justice Daruis Khobo on one count bordering on impersonation. 

The anti-graft agency told the court that the convict allegedly posed as a Grade Level 12 staff of Soba Local Government Area to secure the bail of a suspect under investigation by the EFCC. 

But the documents he presented were found to be forged in the course of verification by the Commission. 

Delivering judgment on the case on Monday, the trial judge, Justice Khobo found him guilty and sentenced him to five years in jail to serve as a deterrent to others. 

 

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