Customs Docks man of affairs for Impersonation

Customs Docks man of affairs for Impersonation

The Board of the Nigerian Customs Bureau has arraigned a man of affairs, Oluwasheun Sogbesan before a Federal court in metropolis for allegedly impersonating as AN Assistant controller of Customs, with the read to fraudulently steal a 1×40 foot instrumentation.

Sogbesan was aforesaid to possess conspired with one Ebisidor Akpeti, United Nations agency is currently at massive, to act the criminal act.

The offence, consistent with the three-count charge filed against Sogbesan, was committed on might twenty two, 2014 at the Apapa APM Terminal in metropolis, whereas the main points of the instrumentation was given as No DRYU 9361521.


The defendant was additionally speculated to have counterfeited Customs clearing documents with declaration No C15705 dated might twenty two, 2014.

The offence, consistent with the fees, was contrary to and punishable beneath Sections 162 (a) (d) and 166 of Customs and Excise Management Acts (CEMA), Cap C45, laws of the Federation of African country, 2004.

After the fees were browse to him, the defendant pleaded acquitted, whereas his attorney, Chinedu cult captive a bail application on behalf of his consumer.

The attorney urged the court to grant his consumer bail on liberal terms, adding that the crime upon that he was charged was bailable.



In response, the attorney, E.B Ogunlowo aforesaid he wasn't critical the bail application as same was at intervals the discretion of the court to work out.

He, however, urged the court to connect conditions that may compel the defendant person to attend trial to the bail condition if the court was able to grant him bail.

Ruling, Justice Saliu Saidu granted bail to the defendant within the add of N 10 million and 2 sureties in like add.
One of the sureties, consistent with the choose, should be a relation of the defendant with proof of landed property in metropolis, whereas the opposite surety should be a functionary within the employment of Federal or metropolis regime not below level fourteen.

The choose additionally directed that the prosecution and also the court registrars should verify the quality of the sureties.
The matter was consequently adjourned to Oct twenty two, 2014 for trial.