A lot of applications filed by INNOCENT
CHUKWUEMEKA, the CEO of Innoson
Motors Nigeria, seeking to stop his arrest, has been dismissed by the Federal
High Court sitting in Lagos State.
The applications which was put before the court have
been putting to hold the hearing of the motion for the arrest of the CEO of
Innoson Motors Nigeria, which was filed since October 16, 2017.
Justice Ayotunde Faji, who dismissed the applications, on Friday,
at the Federal High Court, fixed December 7, for hearing of the motion seeking
the issuance of bench warrant against Chukwuma and four others for their
refusal to appear before the court for arraignment over alleged forgery.
Others included in the forgery charge which the
prosecution is seeking for their arrest include Charles Chukwu and Annajekwu
Sunny. NAN had reported that all the accused have failed to appear before the
court to face trial.
Justice Faji dismissed Innoson boss’s applications to stay
proceedings on Friday following a decision of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which
had refused grant an appeal seeking to stay further proceedings in the criminal
charge pending before the lower court.
The trial judge, Justice Faji, had on January 11,
2018, ordered a stay of proceedings, in the criminal charge filed by the
Inspector-General of Police against the defendants pending the outcome of the
appeal filed by Innoson boss and others.
Following the refusal of the Court of Appeal to
concede to the defendants’ request, the prosecutor, Mr. Julius Ajakaiye, a
director in the Federal Ministry of Justice, asked the court for a date for
hearing of the motion.
However, following the agreement of the parties, the matter was
adjourned till December 7, for hearing of the motion seeking the defendants’ arrest.
AGF had filed a criminal charge against Mr. Chukwuma
and four other persons over alleged forgery.
The accused persons are to face a four count-charge
bordering on forgery, documents falsification, documents alteration, which was
alleged to have been used in obtaining a loan of N2.4 billion from Guaranty
Trust bank.
The offences alleged to have been committed by the
accused persons 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
In a four-count amended criminal charge marked
FHC/L/565/C/2015, AGF alleged that against the accused persons alleged to had
between January, 2010 and April, 2011, at Apapa Wharf criminally conspired
amongst themselves to wit, falsification of Shipping Documents which they
deposited with Mitsui Osk Lines Lagos which was used as collateral for the
purpose of clearance of raw materials polyvinylchloride (PVC ) for the
production of roof ceiling and other imported items.
The defendants have been in discontinuance and disrespect this
court. Instead of answering the charge against them, they have been filing
several frivolous applications before the Court.
In a four-count amended criminal charge marked FHC
/L/565/C/2015 filed before the court by Mr. Mohammed Saidu Diri a Director from
the Office of Public Prosecutions, Federal Ministry of Justice,
It was alleged that the accused persons same time and
place did without lawful authority and with intent to defraud, utter the
shipping clearance documents to the shipping Line Mitsui Osk Lines which was
used as collateral for the purpose of obtaining a loan of N2.4 billion from
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), for the purpose of clearing raw material
Polyvinylchloride for the production of roof ceiling and other imported items
The accused persons were also alleged to have
falsely and fraudulently represented as genuine, the uttered shipping documents
and presented same bank to obtain a loan of N2.4 billion. Alleged Forgery: AGF
Urges Court to Issue Bench Warrant Against Innoson Motors Boss, Mr. Innocent
Chukwuma.
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