For allegedly forged legal documents for a property forfeited
to victims, two lawyers, Emmanuel Ilechukwu and Rowland Kalu,
together with a businessman Emmanuel Nwude, were yesterday
arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja.
The trio was arraigned on a 15-count charge filed against them
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before
Justice Mojisola Dada of Special Offences Court.
Their offences bordering on conspiracy, forgery, making
documents without authority, dealing with forfeited property
without authorization and transfer of forfeited property to
nominees.
Also, making false statement to a public officer, conspiracy to
pervert the course of justice, attempt to pervert the course of
justice, fabricating evidence, giving false evidence under oath and
giving false information to the EFCC.
They pleaded not guilty to all the count charge.
The defendants were alleged to have forged legal documents for a
property forfeited to victims of a crime through judgment.
The EFCC counsel, Mr Nnemeka Omewa told court that the
defendants committed the fraud on a property, which had been
ordered to be forfeited in a High Court judgment given in 2005 by
Justice Olubunmi Joseph Oyewole.
For allegedly forged legal documents for a property forfeited
to victims, two lawyers, Emmanuel Ilechukwu and Rowland Kalu,
together with a businessman Emmanuel Nwude, were yesterday
arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja.
The trio was arraigned on a 15-count charge filed against them
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before
Justice Mojisola Dada of Special Offences Court.
Their offences bordering on conspiracy, forgery, making
documents without authority, dealing with forfeited property
without authorization and transfer of forfeited property to
nominees.
Also, making false statement to a public officer, conspiracy to
pervert the course of justice, attempt to pervert the course of
justice, fabricating evidence, giving false evidence under oath and
giving false information to the EFCC.
They pleaded not guilty to all the count charge.
The defendants were alleged to have forged legal documents for a
property forfeited to victims of a crime through judgment.
The EFCC counsel, Mr Nnemeka Omewa told court that the
defendants committed the fraud on a property, which had been
ordered to be forfeited in a High Court judgment given in 2005 by
Justice Olubunmi Joseph Oyewole.
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