The accused pleaded not
guilty when the charge was read to him.
The count reads:
“that you Christopher
Nduka on or about the 29th July, 2011 at Kaduna within the
jurisdiction of the High Court of Kaduna State knowingly and fraudulently
issued a cheque No. 05079552 dated 22nd July, 2011 in the sum of
Nine Hundred and Eighty Two Thousand Naira only payable to Zitros Health
Nigeria Limited from account No. 1120805582 domiciled at Equitorial Trust Bank,
knowing that there is no fund standing to the credit of the said account and
the cheque was returned unpaid upon presentation to the bank and thereby
committing an offence contrary to section 1 (1) (a) and punishable under
section 1 (1) (b) of the dishonoured cheque offences Act CAP D 11 Laws of the
Federation 2004”.
Upon his plea, counsel
to EFCC, Musa Isah urged the court to fix a date for trial to commence.
However, the defence
counsel, H.U Gimba prayed the court to admit the accused person to bail saying
the alleged offence is bailable.
Isah objected to the
bail application on the ground that, the accused person had failed to honour
the terms of administrative bail earlier granted him by the Commission. The
prosecuting counsel argued that, the accused if admitted to bail will likely
make himself unavailable for trial.
Justice Muhammed after
listening to the argument of both counsel, granted the accused person bail in
the sum of five hundred thousand naira (N500, 000.00) and a surety in like sum
who must be a level twelve civil servant. The surety must have evidence of a
landed property within the jurisdiction of the court. The accused person must
also deposit his international passport with the registrar of the court.
The case was adjourned
to November 28, 2014 for commencement of trial.
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