When shown Exhibit C, she confirmed the Accused person issued it to her after signing it and she presented it to the Bank twice and it was dishonoured. She was told on enquiry that there was no money in the Accused’s account. The dates when she presented it to the bank are on it. She presented it on the date written on it i.e. 5th July, 2010. When shown Exhibit D, she said she also presented it to the bank. The Pw2 (Kumfa Fadip) who was the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in the case testified inter alia that on 16th September, 2010, a Petition was written by one Maimuna Ibrahim against the Accused complaining of cheating and issuance of dud cheque. The Petition was endorsed to the Office of Commissioner of Police and assigned to his team for investigation. On receipt of it, his team arrested the Accused person and recorded his statement under caution under his supervision. The Accused recorded his statement in his own handwriting. After this, the Accused was taken before the Assistant Commissioner of Police. Before this, he did read over the statement to the Accused before he signed it. The Statement was then tendered and admitted as Exhibit E. Testifying further, he stated that the Assistant Commissioner of Police interviewed both the Accused and the nominal Complainant. In the course of this, the Accused made undertakings to refund the amount endorsed in the two cheques issued to the nominal complainant. The undertaking dated 5th October, 2010 was tendered and admitted as Exhibit G while that dated 13th December, 2010 was admitted as Exhibit H. Testifying further, he stated that after the Accused had written the statement and undertakings, he visited Oceanic Bank to ascertain if the Accused actually had money in his Account with it when he issued the cheques. He wrote letter in this regard to the Oceanic Bank. It was however replied by Ecobank Plc having been merged with Oceanic Bank. In the reply, the bank attached the detailed Statement of Account of the Accused. A copy of the Reply with the attached Statement of Account was admitted as Exhibit I. He testified further that the attached Statement of Account is in respect of a Company Account in which the Accused person is the sole signatory. The name is IB- Klenz Nigeria Limited. He went through the Statement of Account and discovered that the two cheques were issued by the Accused person in the months of June and July, 2010. However as at that time there was not enough money in his said account to cover the amounts on the cheques. The cheques were then returned as dud having gone through clearing. 5

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