Court Sentences Two ‘EFCC’ Officials To Prison

Two men who posed as EFCC personnel in Kano State have been found guilty by the EFCC.
The Kano State High Court’s Justice Nasiru Saminu sentenced the two convicted individuals, Buhari Abdullahi and Umar Usman, on Friday after they were arraigned on a single count of impersonation, according to reports.
The EFCC’s Kano Zonal Directorate claims that in May 2025, the two posed as EFCC inspectors and tricked unwary citizens by presenting fake identification documents.

Part of the charge stated: “That you, Buhari Abdullahi and Umar Mukhtar Usman, sometime in May 2025 in Kano, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, falsely impersonated as investigators of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), where you used a false identity card and paraded yourselves as staff of EFCC, thereby committing an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 132 of the Penal Code Law.”

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When the charge was read to them in court, both defendants entered guilty pleas.

Idris I. Haruna, the prosecution attorney, went over the case’s facts and pleaded with the court to rule in their favor.

After a trial, Justice Saminu found them guilty and sentenced them to six months in prison each, with the possibility of a ₦50,000 fine.

It was confirmed by the anti-graft agency that the men were detained while pretending to be its agents. The public was alerted by the EFCC to be wary of scammers posing as commission representatives.

The conviction supports the EFCC’s continuous efforts to crack down on impersonators who damage the agency’s reputation and take advantage of people by using false pretenses.