The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on
Thursday November 21, 2013 arraigned the duo of Emmanuel Osita Okereke and
Ishmael Chinyere Nwogu before Justice J. Y. Tukur of the Federal Capital Territory
High Court, Apo on a six count charge bordering on personation, forgery and
criminal conspiracy to obtain the sum of N1,145,000 (one million, one hundred and forty
five thousand naira) for employment into National Task Force.
The accused persons are alleged to have forged a
document of the federal government titled “Restricted, Federal Government of
Nigeria, National Task Force” and falsely held public offices as
Director-General and Director, FCT Command of National Task Force through which
they fraudulently obtained money from sales of employment form.
One of the charge reads: “That you Osita Okereke
and Ishmael Chinyere Nwogu sometime in March, 2010 in Abuja within the judicial
Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory knowingly had in
your possession a forged document titled ‘RESTRICTED, FEDERAL REPBLIC OF
NIGERIA, NATIONAL TASK FORCE” with intent to defraud, fraudulently used same as
genuine to induce the public to believe that your organization is an agency of
the Federal Government of Nigeria and consequently remitted the aggregate sum
of N1,145,000.00 ( one million one hundred and forty five thousand naira.) to
you through First Bank account number 3066173170,
and thereby committed an offence and punishable under section 368 of
the Penal code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja)”.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge
when it was read to them.
In view of the plea of the accused persons, the defence
counsel, Aso Larrys Peters prayed the court to fix a date for trial and remand
the accused in prison custody. Counsel to the accused, Mr. Kanayo Okafor
however urged the court to admit his clients to bail.
Justice Tukur adjourned the case to November 26, 2013
for hearing on the bail application.
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