An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Kelvin Papi, to one month imprisonment for impersonating a military officer.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr O.L Oke, held that the convict should spend one month in a correctional centre without an option of fine.
Oke said that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubts that the convict was guilty of the charges preferred against him.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Abdulkareem Mustapha, said that the convict committed the offences on Nov.12 at about 10.30 p.m. at the Toll-Gate, Ota.
The prosecutor said the convict was caught wearing a pair of military camouflage and a T- Shirt, to carry out an unlawful mission, knowing full well that he was not a member of the Nigerian Army.
He added said that the convict was in possession of 11 pieces of counterfeit one thousand notes of same serial numbers.
According to him, the offence contravened Sections 110 (1)( 2) and 152(1)(C)(2) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun, 2006.
The convict, who has no traceable address, pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of impersonation and unlawful possession of fake notes.
