Crime • Created October 14, 2025 08:37

Kano court jails fake police officer

A Kano Shari’a Court sitting in the Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State has sentenced one Nasiru Shitu, a 33-year-old man, to eight months’ imprisonment for impersonating a police officer. Shitu, a resident of Kofar Waika Quarters of Kano city, was arrested on Sunday, September 21, 2025, around 5 pm at Kofar Dawanau, while […]

Kano court jails fake police officer

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A Kano Shari’a Court sitting in the Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State has sentenced one Nasiru Shitu, a 33-year-old man, to eight months’ imprisonment for impersonating a police officer.
Shitu, a resident of Kofar Waika Quarters of Kano city, was arrested on Sunday, September 21, 2025, around 5 pm at Kofar Dawanau, while dressed in a police uniform.
The prosecution counsel, Barrister Zaharaddeen Mustapha, charged him with impersonation, to which the accused pleaded guilty.
Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Khadi Nasiru Ahmad Muhammad, convicted Shitu and sentenced him to eight months in prison with an option of a N70,000 fine.

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