account owner; the said Mohammed Abubakar made some
statement that some millions of Naira were withdrawn from his
account without his consent. Information reveals that it was the
accused person that made the withdrawals. The accused person
was arrested and he volunteered additional statements. The 2
additional statements of the accused person where admitted in
evidence as Exhibits K and L respectively.
The witness
further stated that
following
the confessional
statement of the accused person that he did not do the fraud
alone but with the 2nd accused person (now at large). That the
2nd accused person will write the name of the 1st accused person
as beneficiary and signed the cheque purporting to be the rightful
owner of the account. The 2nd accused person will then minute
letter of identification, identifying
the 1st accused person
authorizing the bank to pay the cheques to the 1st accused
person.
Based on this information, the 2nd accused person was arrested
and he volunteered statement under words of caution.
The
additional statement of the 2nd accused person dated 9/11/06
was admitted as Exhibit M.
PW4 further stated that on the cause of investigation, they
requested from the Bank the copies of the cheques and letter of
identification written by the 2nd accused person; the cheques
were shown to the accused person.
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