The police have charged a 42-year-old Lebanese, Rami El Masri, to court for allegedly forging a letter of Nigerian citizenship confirmation and parading himself as a Nigerian.

The police claimed that Masri forged the said Nigerian citizenship confirmation letter with reference number MIA/NAT 382/1 with the intent it might be acted upon as genuine.

The foreigner was accused of falsely and fraudulently presenting himself as a Nigerian citizen by birth, an act the police said was contrary to and punishable under sections 363 (3)(4)(O), 409 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.

Masri, who was said to own two construction companies along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, was on Thursday arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court in Igbosere.

The three counts pressed against him by the police bordered on conspiracy, forgery and uttering of false documents.

The police prosecutor, Susan Ezema, told the court that Masri and others who were still at large committed the alleged offences between December 15, 2008 and November 19, 2014.

The police claimed that on November 19, 2014, the foreigner “knowingly and fraudulently uttered the aforesaid false letter of confirmation as if it was genuine by presenting same to CSP Martin Nwogoh, a police officer attached to the Police Special Fraud Unit, Lagos office.”

But upon reading the charges to him before a court presided over by Mrs Joy Ugbomiko, Masri pleaded not guilty to all the counts.

He was subsequently admitted to a N200,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

The magistrate said one of the sureties must be a company director and an owner of a landed property in Lagos, whose both office and residential addresses must be verifiable.

The case was adjourned till June 16, 2016 for mention.

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naija no get prison for foreigners, so he no fit go jail. I hail my Country.

Nigeria papers na him Oyinbo dey forge? Na wah o.

See me see this yeye oyibo man o. You look for the country wey you wan forge their citizenship you no find; na Nija your mind tell you. You go hear am now.

You for meet guys swap with them. They give you their Nija passport and collect your own...olodo

The police have charged a 42-year-old
Lebanese, Rami El Masri, to court for allegedly
forging a letter of Nigerian citizenship
confirmation and parading himself as a
Nigerian.

he should have a picture

Masri, who was said to own two construction
companies along the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway

Name of his two companies?

www.ogbongefriends.com

i will wait for vanguard

When did Lebanese become oyinbo?

At least we still get who like 2 b a 9ja citizen

And that is the end of the story.

Lets treat him the same disgraceful way they would do to us in their own land!
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth!

Oyinbo man when no know himself nah Kpako.... according to FELA

So we have value like dis? OP abeg Lebanese too nq oyibo?

the way these lebs misbehave in this country eh!

they treat workers anyhow, pay them poorly, exploit our women and he still has the impetus to get a counterfeit citizenship letter

do Nigerians in their country have the like of leverage they enjoy here

send him to kirikiri make him go chop iron beans abeg

No be be our people do am for am.............

otokx:
When did Lebanese become oyinbo?

Abi o

Maybe him wan run for presidency

Probably trying to evade tax being a foreign businessman. Later dem go say na only Africans be crooks.

He learnt from the masters
He sees how we forge everything in Nigeria, you don't blame him for doing the same. When in Rome do as the Roman do.

Bast*Rd I so hate this Lebanese people. .. so corrupt!

Lebanese no be oyinbo o

The man is fvcked. They had better investigate properly if he has links with insurgents because I don't see the reason why a Yobe would bother forging immigration documents of Nigeria of all country whereas the corrupt immigration officers would have helped him with genuine ones for a fee.

where is his pix, if na Nigerian man now his pix will be everywhere smh..

No pinsure of the fake oyibo?

[quote][/quote]lebanse get ready to change you skin color cause na kirikiri u day end up

Enypie:
naija no get prison for foreigners, so he no fit go jail. I hail my Country.

if he is found guilty he would serve his time in any of the prisons available in the country,the prison service would only notify immigration of his presence in their custody,his offence and the length of his sentence.

Na who make Lebanese oyinbo?

Enypie:
naija no get prison for foreigners, so he no fit go jail. I hail my Country.

forgive me but I dnt knw y I dnt like gals with many followers

naija wey some people the look fir every opportunity to escape from na him this one the forge citizenship certificate? WHAT AN IRONY OR WETIN I GO CALL AM SEF? MAKE SNAP PICTURE BOOOOO

All of u wey dey shout. Lebanese na weitn if no be Oyinbo. who is oyinbo?

dat good

Lebanese is not oyibo. He should be given a capital punishment as a lesson to others. Nonsense, let a Nigerian try it in their country and see how fast he will be killed.