{"id":106774,"date":"2023-08-04T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106774"},"modified":"2023-08-04T16:37:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:37:49","slug":"dss-arrests-man-for-impersonating-secretary-of-election-tribunal-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dss-arrests-man-for-impersonating-secretary-of-election-tribunal-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Arrests Man for Impersonating Secretary of Election Tribunal in Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), have arrested one Idris Baba Hassan of Kusfa area in Suleja, Niger State, for allegedly impersonating the secretary of the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>Following the arrest of Hassan yesterday, he was charged before a Minna Chief Magistrate Court on a one-count charge of impersonation contrary to Section 132 of the Penal Code Law of the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecutor who is also the Principal Staff Officer, Legal Service of the DSS, the accused, through the use of telephone, sent text messages to litigants demanding for gratification on behalf of members of the tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor added that discreet investigation was carried out leading to his arrest between the last days of July and this month.<\/p>\n<p>When the charge was read to him by Chief Magistrate Adamu Abubakar, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge and was immediately convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Magistrate Abubakar, however, gave him an option of N100,000 fine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), have arrested one Idris Baba Hassan of Kusfa area in Suleja, Niger State, for allegedly impersonating the secretary of the National and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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