An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Oluwadamilare Salako, to two weeks community service for impersonating a police and army officer.

Salako, whose address was not provided, had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of impersonation.
In her judgment, Mrs O.O. Odumosu, noted that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty as charged.

Odumosu held that the evidence presented by the prosecution were tenable, thereby sentencing Salako to two weeks community service without an option of fine.

She ordered that the sentence be served within the court premises.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, ASP Olakunle Shonibare, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in 2018 at Asero area of Abeokuta.

Shonibare said that the convict impersonated himself by wearing both the police and army uniforms to pose on his Facebook account, knowing it was false representation.

He said that the convict impersonated himself with the intent to deceive the public that he was a member of the armed forces and also a police officer.

According to him, the offence contravenes Sections 109(a) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun, 2006.