A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has authorised the Attorney-General of Federation (AGF) to commence the prosecution of a Lagos businessman, Innocent Chukwuma, his company, Innoson Nigeria Limited, and four others for alleged forgery.

The ruling of the presiding judge, Justice Saliu Saidu, was based on an application filed before the court by Ministry of Justice that the AGF has taken over the prosecution of the accused persons. This was objected to by the prosecutor from the office of the Inspector- General of Police.

But after listening to the submission of the counsel for the two parties, the court decided that the Attorney-General of the Federation should begin the prosecution of the accused persons.

Consequently, the AGF filed an amended four-count criminal charge against the accused persons. To be arraigned alongside the accused businessman are Charles Chukwu, Maximilian Chukwura, Mitsui Osk Lines and Annajekwu Sunny.

In the amended charge (FHC /L/565/C/2015) filed before the court by Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mohammed Saidu Diri, it was alleged that the accused, between January 2010 and April 2011, at the Apapa Wharf, criminally conspired to falsify shipping documents which they deposited with Mitsui Osk Lines. The documents were used as collateral for the purpose of clearance of polyvinylchloride (PVC ) used in the production of ceilings and other imported items.

Mr. Diri alleged that the accused persons harboured an intention to defraud Mitsui Osk Lines via the falsified the documents, which were used as collateral to obtain a loan of N2.4billion from Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.

The loan was for the purpose of clearing of the imported items.

All the alleged offences are contrary to and punishable under sections 3(6),1(2)(C) of the miscellaneous offences Act Cap. M 17 Laws of the Federation, 2004.

Justice Saidu adjourned till 31 May, when all the accused persons are due for arraignment.

Businessideas:
Sometimes I feel feel that some "rich and successful guys" deserve the kind of resentment poor people show them.
GTB has been on this case for a while and even advertised it in the papers,.Why do they want their own business to flourish while your actions can criminally destroy another person's business?
Just doesn't make sense if Innoson motors goes down by this alleged Criminal action.

redsconsult:
Some people from a particular region cant just do without criminal act...

Seems it runs in their blood...

Their body is white and their soul is black...


#namescanning

zuchyblink:
Sahara reporters never disappoints with their pull-him-down news

IjogzK:
I am not being tribalistic or being an hater.. Beht is it possible for those from the East to do business without some minor mago mago, even when they have a legitimate business.

ChetaNwaeze:
We Igbos should stop disgracing our tribe

zuchyblink:
Sahara reporters never disappoints with their pull-him-down news against Igbos,contunu the more you blackmail him,the more he keeps rolling out new machines. Sahara reporters never new him when he was an apprentice. I see this as a cheap blackmail from a cheap media outfit

zuchyblink:
chilax,the news is not from a reliable source

owobokiri:
we are now more or else in Dangote Republic. Dangote got their through all sorts of backdoor deals with his people in power. Same with Adenuga, Alakija, Danjuma and the rest. . My question? When will those ones be prosecuted for all their crimes against the Nigerian state?

owobokiri:
we are now more or else in Dangote Republic. Dangote got their through all sorts of backdoor deals with his people in power. Same with Adenuga, Alakija, Danjuma and the rest. . My question? When will those ones be prosecuted for all their crimes against the Nigerian state?

papparatzzi2013:


We are awaiting examples of such deals? Or they are mere beer parlour gossips in SE?

TheDEVlLHimseIf:

am not being tribalist or being a hater but is it possible for those from the west to do eat 3 square meal per day without thuggery, alayelism, omonile, agboro, and other kinds of vices even when they have hands to work

TheDEVlLHimseIf:

while some people from a particular region cannot do without laziness, tout, alaye and all kinds of lazy toutish acts and most importantly cowardice.

it runs in their blood...

their body is complete but their soul is tied up thus the cause of their laziness

#justchilling