Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Command have convicted and sentenced one Manasseh Hamza Bello (a.k.a Domingos Pereira) before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna High Court, sitting in Kaduna.
Bello was prosecuted based on a one-count charge bordering on impersonation.
This was disclosed via a post shared on the X handle of the anti-graft agency on Monday, September 2.
The post partly reads: “The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of one Manasseh Hamza Bello (a.k.a Domingos Pereira) before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna.
“Bello was prosecuted on a one-count charge bordering on impersonation. The charge reads: ‘That you Manasseh Hamza Bello (a.k.a Domingos Pereira) (M), sometime in 2024 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, committed an offence, to wit: falsely presenting yourself as Domingos Pereira (a white man) on Facebook (an online social media application), which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 142 (1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017’.
“He pleaded ‘guilty’ to the charge upon which prosecution counsel, M.U Gadaka prayed the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
“The judge consequently convicted and sentenced him to five years imprisonment or to pay a fine of N 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira).”
Source: X | official EFCC
