{"id":65608,"date":"2019-03-19T01:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65608"},"modified":"2019-03-19T01:30:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:30:13","slug":"fake-surety-bags-28days-for-impersonation-forgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fake-surety-bags-28days-for-impersonation-forgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Surety Bags 28days for Impersonation, Forgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Justice A.A. Nwobodo of the Enugu State High Court, Enugu, on Monday,
\nMarch 18, 2019, sentenced one Myke Arisa Onyeike, to 28 days in prison in
\na case of fake and forged documents which he intended to use to secure the
\nbail of one Ndidi Kalu, who is in the custody of the Economic and
\nFinancial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for fraud charges.<\/p>\n

Onyeike was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on cheating and
\nobtaining by tricks.<\/p>\n

The charge reads: \u201cThat you, Myke Arisa Onyike, (alias Alexander Ebia
\nOkoro) between the 11th – 13th of February 2019, in Enugu, Enugu State
\nwithin the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud,
\nobtained by tricks the sum of N40,000 (Forty Thousand Naira), from Ndidi
\nKalu, when you represented to her that you are Alexander Ebia Okoro a
\nstaff of Abia State Government, Ministry of Agriculture\u00a0 and capable of
\nstanding as a surety to secure her bail at the Economic and Financial
\nCrimes Commission\u2019s office in Enugu which pretence you knew to be false
\nand thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable by Section 388
\nof the criminal Code, Revised Edition (Laws of Enugu state of Nigeria,
\nLaw, 2004).”<\/p>\n

He did not waste the time of the court, as he pleaded “guilty” to the count.<\/p>\n

The prosecuting counsel, Anasoh Henry, thereafter, prayed the court to
\nallow his witness present the facts of the case.<\/p>\n

His witness, a staff of the EFCC, attached to the Capital Market and
\nInsurance Fraud Section told the court how the defendant in a bid to
\nsecure bail for a suspect in EFCC custody tendered a bail application, a
\nletter of appointment from the Ministry of Agriculture, Abia State, a
\nletter of promotion to the rank of an Assistant Director from the same
\nministry, and Identity card all bearing the name \u201cAlexander Ebia Okoro\u201d.<\/p>\n

The witness explained that when he led his team members to run a BVN check
\non Onyike\u2019s phone number using the BVN portal, it was discovered that it
\nhad his picture, but with the name \u201cMike Arisa Onyike\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the witness, when the defendant was confronted with the
\nfacts, he admitted that the documents were fake.<\/p>\n

Further investigations revealed that the lady who he came to secure bail
\nfor had paid the sum of N50, 000 (Fifty Thousand Naira), only and he had
\nshared the money with his friend, one Sunday Ikoro Kalu, who will also be
\narraigned on March 20, 2019.<\/p>\n

The witness explained that when the investigating team further wrote a
\nletter to the Ministry of Agriculture, Umuahia, Abia State for
\nconfirmation, the reply the Commission got from one Christopher Okpara,
\nwas that the said \u201cAlexander Ebia Okoro\u201d, has never been a staff of the
\nMinistry.<\/p>\n

The defence counsel, A.O. Okpara, pleaded with the court to temper justice
\nwith mercy, stating that \u201cthe accused is over 60 years old, and a family
\nman as well as a first time offender, following the records before this
\ncourt”.<\/p>\n

He told the court that the defendant had paid back the money that he
\nreceived from Ndidi Kalu and has been in EFCC custody since February13,
\n2019, adding that he has shown remorse and has sworn never to go back to
\nthe crime again.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe cooperated well with the operatives of the EFCC\u201d, the counsel pleaded.<\/p>\n

In his judgement, Justice Nwobodo sentenced him to 28 days in prison with
\nhard labour, starting from the date he was arrested by the EFCC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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