Court Remands Three in Prison for Impersonating EFCC, ICPC Officials - THISDAYLIVE

An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo and presided over by Justice Archibong Archibong yesterday remanded the trio of Norbert Bassey Rampa, Gabriel Daniel Udo and Patrick Essien in Uyo prison for impersonating officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission .

According to the second defendant, Essien, the supposedly National Director, the aim of the visit was to request for operational powers to enable them engage fully in the fight against corruption. He went on to speak extensively on the various trainings their members had gone through to ensure grassroot engagements in budget processes, aimed at sustaining the anti-graft war.

The defendants paid no heed to the advice as they embarked on various levels of forgery and impersonation to facilitate their criminal activities. Their modus operandi was purely hinged on intimidation of innocent persons and extortion of same under the pretext that they were in an operational joint task force of both the EFCC and the ICPC.

One of the counts reads: “Norbert Bassey Rampa “M”; Gabriel Daniel Udo “M” and Patrick Essien “M” on or about June 28, 2019 in Uyo within the jurisdiction of this Court, did falsely represent yourselves to be persons employed in the public service, to wit: Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by issuing a letter titled “Notice of Fact-finding Mission” to one Aloysius Udobong.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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