CEOAFRICA gathered that a Plateau State High Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced one Mohammed Umar, alias Terror, to 15 years in prison for extorting money from people under the guise of being an EFCC operative.

Justice Yakubu Gyang Dakwak convicted him after finding him guilty of the charge for offences bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence and impersonation.

According to a statement by the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, Umar was arrested in October 2008 following intelligence report that he had been posing as an operative of the commission.

The statement read, “He was accused of extorting top government functionaries in Bauchi, Gombe and Sokoto States under the pretext that he had damning petitions against them.

“He cajoled several of them into wiring funds into his account with a promise to help stop any investigations into the petitions.”

Justice Dakwak however said that the prosecution had proved the case against the accused beyond doubt and accordingly pronounced him guilty on all three counts.