The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, on Wednesday June 12, 2013 arraigned one Lizzy Chichi Otti
before Justice Suleiman A. Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt
on a 2-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence and
issuance of dud cheque.
The accused, sometimes in
February, 2012 at Port Harcourt allegedly issued one Ecobank cheque in
the sum of three million, nine hundred and eighty thousand
naira ( N3,980, 000:00) to one Gordian Peters, which
were returned unpaid at presentation due to insufficient funds. The cheque,
according to the complainant, was payment for a facility granted by Moskelly
Services Limited to enable the accused supply diesel to Reynold Construction
Company.
When the charge was read
to the accused she pleaded not guilty.
One of the charge reads; “that
you Lizzy Chichi Otti sometimes in February, 2012 at Port Harcourt in the
Port Harcourt Judicial Division did with intent to defraud obtained from
one Gordian Peters the sum of Three Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Eight
Thousand Naira (N3,298,000.00) by issuing him a post dated Ecobank cheque
drawn on your account in the sum of Three Million, Two Hundred and Ninety
Eight Thousand Naira ( N3,298,000.00) only knowing that the said account
was unfunded, that the cheque was meant for the payment of unsupplied goods
by you and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1)(2) of
the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable
under section 1(3) of the same Act”.
Justice Aliyu granted the accused
bail in the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000.00) and one surety
in like sum. The surety must be a civil servant from Rivers State.
The case was adjourned to 10th
October, 2013.
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