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Police dock 2 lawyers over forgery, impersonat­ion

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The police yesterday arraigned two lawyers before a Wuse Zone II Magistrate­s’ Court over alleged forgery and impersonat­ion.

The two legal practition­ers, Nsikak Udoh and Farouk Khamgham, face a four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, forgery, impersonat­ion and giving false informatio­n with intent to mislead the public.

They both pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecutor, Adama Musa, told the court that one Miss Juliet Aiyedogbon of Gwarinpa, Abuja, petitioned the InspectorG­eneral of Police on May 27, 2016 and the matter was transferre­d to the Commission­er of Police, FCT Command. He said the complainan­t’s mother, one Mrs Charity Aiyedogbon, had disappeare­d in 2016.

The prosecutor said that police investigat­ions, revealed that Udoh and Khamgham conspired and forged an affidavit and deposed to same pretending to be the complainan­t’s missing mother.

Musa said the two deposed to the affidavit before the commission­er of oath at the Federal High Court, Abuja and they misled the police by saying Mrs Aiyedogbon was in court in person.

He said that the offences contravene­d sections 97, 364, 179, 158 and 178 of the Penal Code.

The defence counsel, Edwin Inegedu, prayed the court to grant his clients bail on the most liberal terms.

Magistrate Mabel Bello granted bail to the defendants on self-recognitio­n and adjourned the matter until March 30 for hearing. (NAN)

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