The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned one Barrister Utibe Hanson Inem before Justice Bassey Nkanang of the State High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on a two-count charge bordering on the issuance of dud cheque and stealing by fraudulent conversion to the tune of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira).
The offence is contrary to Section 392 (1) and punishable under Section 399 of the Criminal Code CAP 38 Vol. II Laws of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria 2000.
He pleaded “not guilty” when the charge was read to him. Given his plea, Adanna Nnamani, counsel to the EFCC prayed to the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded at the Uyo Correctional facility.
The defence counsel, C. N. Nweke Junior, informed the court about his client’s application for bail which was filed on January 17, 2023, and urged the court to admit the defendant bail in the most liberal terms.
The court granted the defendant bail for Three Million Naira with a surety in like sum. The surety shall deposit in Court any documented proof of the ownership of a landed property within Uyo.
The Court thereafter adjourned the matter till April 4, 2023, for commencement of trial while the defendant was remanded in the Uyo Correctional facility.
Trouble started for Barrister Inem when the Commission received a petition from one Uduak Jacob who alleged that the defendant connived with his ex-wife to sell his landed property. Upon learning about the transaction, the defendant issued him a 10 Million cheque as his share of the proceeds and convinced him to sign the Power of Attorney for the sale of the property.
The cheque, when presented in the bank, was returned unpaid as the account was not funded.
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