Lebanese firm, four others charged with forgery

Police in Lagos has arraigned a Lebanese company, M. El-Kalil & Sons Properties Limited, and four others for alleged forgery before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

Francis Uzoaru, Ngozi Giwa-Amu, Obinna Chima, and Frank Harden Limited are the four other defendants in the case marked FHC/L/152C/21.

There was an adjournment of the defendants’ arraignment earlier scheduled for October 4, 2021, before Justice Daniel Osiagor due to the absence of the trial judge who was on an official assignment in Abuja.

The arraignment of the defendants on one count of fraud had been rescheduled for October 18, 2021.

The charge read, “That you Francis I. Uzoaru, 58 years old of No 23/25 Martins Street, Balogun, Lagos, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Frank Harden Ltd; Ngozi Giwa-Amu, 58 years old of No. 247 Moshood Abiola Way, Ijora, Lagos, Company Secretary of M. El-Kalil & Sons Properties Limited; Obinna Chima, 50 years old of No. 247 Moshood Abiola Way, Ijora, Lagos, Legal Manager, Operation/Compliance of M. El-Kalil & Sons Properties Limited; Frank Harden Ltd of No. 24 Issa Williams Street, Balogun, Lagos, and M. El-Kalil & Sons Properties Limited of No. 247 Moshood Abiola Way, Ijora, Lagos, between March 2003 and November 2020, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court while acting in concert conspired together to commit felony to wit: making or uttering forged document to wit: Deed of Transfer dated 2nd November, 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.”

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