Man arraigned for alleged forgery
Forgery dock
By Alexandra Oladipo
Abuja, July 20, 2018 (NAN) The Police on Friday arraigned one Samuel Terfa before a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly being in possession of three CID legal stamps, and other forged documents.
Terfa, a resident of Mabuchi in the FCT, is standing trial on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and forgery.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The judge, Mr Bello Rufa’i, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 and two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until Aug. 6 for hearing.
The prosecutor, Insp. James Anyenn, had earlier told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences on May 25, 2018.
Anyenn said that the accused was arrested following a credible intelligence report to the Inspector General of Police office.
He said besides the three forged CID legal stamps, the defendant was also in possession of 20 police character certificates and 200 copies of forged police finger print documents when he was arrested.
The prosecutor said that the accused could not give satisfactory account of how he came about the documents.
According to him, the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 97, 364 and 368 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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