EFCC Arraigns Alakija For Alleged Forgery

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>&NewLine;<p>EFCC Arraigns Alakija For Alleged Forgery<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission&comma; EFCC&comma; on Monday&comma; April 15&comma; 2024&comma; arraigned a father-in-law&comma; Alaba Alakija and his daughter-in-law&comma; Oyinkansola Alakija before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja&comma; Lagos on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy and using false documents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the counts reads&colon;<em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Alaba Alakija and Oyinkansola Alakija&comma; on or about the 6th day of August&comma; 2015 at Lagos&comma; within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court&comma; with intent to financially benefit from the property located at No&period;10&comma; Keffi Street&comma; South-west&comma; Ikoyi&comma; Lagos&comma; conspired amongst yourselves to use a false document titled&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Vesting Deed by Dr&period; Omodele Alakija and Mr&period; Afolabi Alakija&&num;8221&semi;&comma; the executors of the estate of the late Sir Ademola Alakija&comma; purporting same to be made by Dr&period; Omodele Alakija and Mr&period; Afolabi Alakija&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defendants pleaded &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;not guilty” to the charges when they were to them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In view of their pleas&comma; prosecution counsel &comma;M&period; S&period; Owede prayed the court for a trial date and the remand of the defendants at a correctional facility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Counsel to the first defendant&comma; M&period;O&period; Akangbe&comma; SAN&comma; informed the court of the bail application of his client&comma; which he said he had filed and served on the prosecution&period; While praying to move the application&comma; he urged the court to grant bail to his client in the most liberal terms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; counsel to the second defendant&comma; Victor Giwa&comma; prayed the court to move the bail application of his client orally&period; He told the court that he was informed about the matter late and that he came from outside the jurisdiction of the court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Giwa further stated that his client&comma; whom he described as a lawyer&comma; has a two month-old baby&comma; whom she still breastfeeds&comma; and that she would not jump bail&period; However&comma; in a dramatic twist&comma; the second defendant’s husband debunked the claim and told the court that their baby is nine months old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After listening to both parties&comma; Justice Dada granted bail to the first defendant in the sum of N10 million&comma; with sureties in like sum&comma; who must submit their international passports to the court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court&comma; however&comma; took possession of the passport of the second defendant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both defendants were released to their lawyers pending perfection of their bail conditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The judge adjourned the matter to May&comma; 28 2024 for commencement of trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;