Court sentences 2 fake policemen to 18 months each in prison

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(Nigeria) An Abuja Upper Area Court on Wednesday sentenced two fake policemen; Henry Igboke, 30, and Ishaku Tijani, 20, to 18 months in prison for impersonation and extortion.
The presiding judge, Mr Adamu Wakili, sentenced the two men after they pleaded guilty to the charge of criminal conspiracy, extortion and impersonation.
Wakili, however, gave the convicts an option to pay a fine of N9,000 each and warned them against committing further crime.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Ambi Ayuba, had told the court that Shina Olabanjo of Monkey Village, Area 1, Abuja, reported the matter at the Durumi Police Station, Abuja, on January 28.
He said the convicts conspired and planted a wrap of substance suspected to be Indian Hemp in the complainant's shop at Monkey Village, Area 1, Abuja.
Ayuba said that the convicts later visited the complainant's shop and presented themselves as police detectives, claiming to be on surveillance duty.
The prosecutor added that Igboke and Tijani threatened Olabanjo and forced him to part with N2,000.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 97, 132, and 291 of the Penal Code.

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