NAN-H-73
Forgery
By Veronica Dariya
Abuja, Jan.30, 2017 (NAN) The EFCC in Abuja on Monday, arraigned a 41-year-old accountant Mrs Remilekun Momoh in an FCT High Court, Kubwa for allegedly forging the signatures of one Mr Garba Mamu.
Momoh, a staff of the Unity Bank, who was arraigned before Justice Bello Kawu, was alleged to have forged the signatures of Mamu with the intention to defraud him of over N30 million in the amended charge.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant was first arraigned in the court in November 2016 over alleged fraud of N14 million on a 2-count charge of forgery and fraud but the charges were amended and increased to 15 to accommodate the case of alleged N30m million fraud.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In the amended charges, the prosecution stated that sometime in May, 2014 and 2015, while on duty, the defendant fraudulently forged the signatures of the Mamu, who was a customer of Unity Bank.
The prosecution added that the defendant transferred, in bits, over N30 million through forged letter of transfer of funds into several designated accounts in other banks.
The Counsel to the defendant, Mr Lawrence Alabi, applied to the court to enable the defendant continue on her initial bail terms.
Justice Kawu, while granting the request after the prosecuting counsel Mrs I. Deribe, did not object to adjournment of the matter, but ordered that all the previous witnesses in the matter be recalled on March 15, the adjourned date for continuation of hearing.(NAN)
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