The police prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provision of Section 396 of the Penal Code.
They are Maxwell Opara, Gold Nwankwo and Jubilate Obasikene, who are all practising in the law firm of Maxwell Opara and Associates.
The socio-political, socio-cultural group of South-East extraction wants the embattled senator to defend himself and face the law if found culpable.
The presiding judge, Ibrahim Buba, sentenced the convict to 15 years each of the two count charges which would run concurrently.
An official of the ministry told NAN that the commissioner was the only person authorised to speak on policy and government-related matters.
