The police on Thursday, arraigned Abdul Hassan in a Life Camp Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly impersonating an aide of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan.
The police charged Hassan, 24, who claimed to be a civil servant with the Nigerian Communications Commission and of 2nd Avenue, Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja and one Bashiru, now at large, with joint act, cheating and impersonation.
The Police Prosecutor, ASP Peter Ejike of the FCT Command, told the court that the complainants, Chijioke Onuoha and Samson Menyaga, both who live in Jahi, Abuja, reported the matter at Gwarinpa Police Station on January 13.
Ejike alleged that on October 10, 2019, the defendant and his accomplice, Bashiru, claimed to aides of the Lawan.
He alleged that the two men collected N500,000 with a promise to get the complainants contracts from the National Assembly.
The defendants however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Ejike said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 79,322 and 132 of the Penal Code.
Magistrate Sharon Tanko, in her ruling, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Tanko adjourned the case until March 10, 2020 for hearing.
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