EFCC
Press Release
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015,
arraigned the duo of Yazidu Abdullahi and Auwal Tahir Aliyu before Justice Rabi
T. Umar of Bauchi State High Court on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by
false pretence to the tune of N 780,000.00k( Seven Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira).
The
suspects, who are members of a syndicate, allegedly perpetrated the fraud using
a forged document, Right of Occupancy on a property with title No (BA/28150)
situated at Fadaman Mada, Bauchi State.
The
suspects allegedly used the forged documents to sell the uncompleted building
on the plot of land to Garkuwa who eventually discovered that the said land
belongs to one Abubakar.
Count
five of the charge reads: ‘‘That you
Auwal Tahir Aliyu (M), Yazidu Abdullahi
(M), Haruna Abdulmumin (M) (now at large) and Sadiq Shehu (M) (now at large)
sometime in the month of June, 2015 or thereabout in Bauchi State, which is
within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court ,with the intent to defraud,
committed an illegal act to wit: Giving as genuine a forged certificate of
grant of Right of Occupancy No: BA/28150 purportedly issued to one Alhaji Idris
Tela Saleh which you knew to be forged to Alhaji Inuwa Garkuwa as proof of
title to land you fraudulently sold to him located at Fadaman Mada Bauchi and
thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 366 and punishable under
Section 364 of the Penal Code Law, Laws of Northern Nigeria.’’
The
suspects, however, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them.
Following
their plea, prosecution counsel, Nnaemeka Omewa, prayed the court for a trial
date.
Justice
Umar ordered the suspects to be remanded in prison custody and adjourned
hearing on the matter to August 20, 2015.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
13th
August, 2015
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