Justice Tukur Mohammed of the State high court sitting in Kaduna on Friday, February 12, 2021 convicted and sentenced one Alyu Shuaibu Mohammed also known as Bala Mohammed Adamu over offences bordering on impersonation, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence.

Aliyu was prosecuted on one count by the EFCC

The convict was fraudulently parading as a barrister and in that capacity defrauding from unsuspecting victims under the pretext of rendering legal services to them.

The offence contravenes Section 142(1), 345 and 349 of the Penal Code Law of Kaduna State, 2017 and punishable under Section 142(1), 345 and 349 of the same Law.

After diligent prosecution of the case, Justice Tukur found the defendant guilty and convicted him to pay a fine of N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).

In a related development, Justice Mohammed Tukur has convicted and sentenced one Godwin Endurance Edeniyere to six months imprisonment without an option of fine.

The convict was said to have cloned Facebook accounts of prominent citizens and swindled them of various sums of money.

He was charged on one count of cheating by impersonation contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.