By Wale Igbintade
Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed November 26, 2021, for the arraignment of a Lebanese firm, M. El-Kalil and Sons Properties Limited, and four others over alleged forgery.
The accused persons’ arraignment earlier scheduled for October 18, 2021, was stalled due to the failure of the police to produce them in court.
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Alkali Baba, has dragged the Lebanese firm, Francis I. Uzoaru, Ngozi Giwa-Amu, Obinna Chima, and Frank Harden Limited to court on a count charge over alleged forgery.
The arraignment of the defendants on one-count charge of fraud had been rescheduled for November 26, 2021.
The charge read: “That you Francis I. Uzoaru, 58, of No 23/25 Martins Street, Balogun, Lagos, managing director/chief executive officer of Frank Harden Limited; Ngozi Giwa-Amu, 58, of No. 247 Moshood Abiola Way, Ijora, Lagos, company secretary of M. El-Kalil and Sons Properties Limited; Obinna Chima, 50, of No. 247 Moshood Abiola Way, Ijora, Lagos, legal manager, Operation/Compliance of M. El-Kalil and Sons Properties Limited; Frank Harden Limited of No. 24 Issa Williams Street, Balogun, Lagos; and M. El-Kalil and Sons Properties Limited of No. 247 Moshood Abiola Way, Ijora, Lagos, between March 2003 and November 2020 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this court, while acting in concert, conspired to commit felony to wit: making or uttering forged document to wit: Deed of Transfer dated November 2, 1956, in respect of property formerly known as No. 3/5 Bankole Street, Lagos, now known as 33, Balogun Street Lagos, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 1 (2) (c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 LFN 2004.”
