Court Convicts Ex-Lawmaker for Fraud

Ex-lawmaker Chief Chuma Nzeribe

The EFCC, on Monday, May 23, 2022, secured the conviction of a former member of the House of Representatives, Chief Chuma Nzeribe before Justice Yusuf Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama. Abuja.

Nzeribe was first arraigned by the EFCC on October 16, 2020, on a four-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent document, forgery, using as genuine and cheating by personation, punishable under section 6, 8(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the same Act.

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