Businessman forged dead man’s affidavit to get new CAC certificate – Witness alleges

A prosecution witness, Insp. Francis Udofia, alleged that a
businessman, Nwachukwu Eze, forged Court affidavits and
impersonated Mr D.O. Olubaba, who is deceased to obtain certificate
of registration from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

The police charged Eze with six counts bordering on alleged
perjury, using forged documents as genuine and impersonation

Udofia, who is the third prosecution witness, told an FCT High
Court sitting in Zuba,FCT, that he investigated a criminal case
against Eze on Jan. 24, 2011.

According to him, the report was that the defendant swore to an
affidavit where he (The Defendant) claimed that original
certificates of registration for Apo Traders Association in his
possession were missing.

He added that the defendant also swore to another affidavit
claiming that he was Olubaba.

”My Lord, Olubaba died in 2010,” he said.

Udofia told the court that police wrote letters to Chief
Registrar of the FCT High Court and Registrar General of the CAC
over the matter.

He added as the Investigating Police Officer, he also visited
various magistrates’ courts in the FCT to ascertain the genuineness
of the affidavits and it was discovered that that affidavits were
not from any magistrate in the FCT.

”The report from the FCT High Court showed that the affidavit
did nit emanates from the Court.

”Following this, the Police also launched another investigation
at the National Library of Nigeria.

”The police discovered that the defendant made a publication at
Standard newspaper that he lost original certificate of
registration in his possession.

”The police found out the obituary announcement and burial
arrangement of the said Olubaba in one of the National Dailies at
the National Library.

“Our investigation reveals that the suspect made the two
affidavits in order to deceive and mislead the CAC to obtain
another certificate of registration knowing fully well that
affidavit was forged by him,’’ he said.

The Defence Counsel. Mr Keneth Uko, objected to the
admissibility of the acknowledgement letters and response from the
FCT High Court and CAC to the Police.

He relied on section 350 sub section II of the Administration of
Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) stressing that the document south to be
tendered were not in the front document served on the
defendant.

In his response, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr John Ijagbemi, said
statute covering the admissibility of evidence was Evidence Act
2011 not ACJA and urges the court to discountenance the objection
by defense counsel.

In his ruling, Justice A O. Ebong, adjourned the matter until
Jan. 20,2020 for cross-examination and continuation of trial.

Yahoo Boy Bags Six Months Imprisonment in
Ibadan

Twenty-one-year-old internet fraudster, Adeleke Oluwaseyi was on
Monday, November 18, 2019, handed a six months jail term by Justice
Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan.
He was found guilty of a one-count charge of impersonation, filed
against him by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which contravenes Section 22(3)
of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act, 2015.

Besides the jail term, the convict was ordered to restitute
$USD150 (One hundred and Fifty United States Dollars) to his victim
through the Federal Government. He also forfeited his Samsung J3,
Infinix and Kigtel phones as well as his Lenovo laptop to the
Federal Government.
Oluwaseyi, who claimed to be eight months into online dating fraud
was arrested in June, 2019, having operated with the pseudo, name
Patrick Bob and claimed to be an American citizen.
Following his plea of guilt, EFCC’s counsel Ifeanyi Agwu prayed the
court to sentence him in accordance with the plea bargain agreement
he entered with the prosecution.

Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity