With respect to Counts 24, 25, 26 and 27 which is the offences under the Advance Free Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences, the prosecution must establish the following ingredients: 1. That there was a false pretence made by the accused person. 2. That the accused person obtained property as a result of the false pretence from the said person. 3. That the accused did same with intent to defraud. See IJUAKA v C.O.P. (1976) 6 SC 99; R v JOHN JAMES SULLIVAN 30 CR APP, R 132. It is submitted that there is evidence before this court that the accused person presented Exhibit A, B, C, G, D, E and F to the Bank on the false pretence that the said Exhibits were made or written, signed and issued by Mohammed Abubakar the account holder or owner, knowing very well that it is not true. Court is referred to the confessional statement of the accused person, where the accused admitted that the writing and signature on the cheques and confirmation letters were that of Ojeyinka Omotosho (now at large) but not that of Mohammed Abubakar the account owner. It is also in evidence that the accused obtained by false pretence from United Bank for Africa Plc the sum of N1,450,000.00 which was paid to him in four instalments having presented Exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F and G to the bank on the pretence that the said Exhibits were 19

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