same with other members of his syndicate who include
Chidebere Livinus and one Arinzona both of whom are at
large defraud the complainant. As a result, the defendant was
arrested at Enugu and his statement was taken by my
colleague at Enugu in person of Usman A. Cholli on the
24/2/2020. The defendant was then brought to Kaduna. on
the 9/3/2020, I showed the petition to him, he read and I
asked him if he wanted to make a statement in response to
the allegations contained therein. The defendant said yes. The
EFCC statement form was then brought. Cautionary words
were recorded on the statement form which he read,
understood and signed. He went ahead and wrote the
statement himself in an open office in the presence of other
colleagues of mine and visitors.
The office was very conducive as the air condition was on,
light was also on. At the end of the statement, he signed. At
the end of the investigation, we decided that the defendant
and his syndicate members earlier mentioned, use the cheque
booklet of CS and IS to obtain monies from various peoples
accounts, and one of their victims, is the complainant in this
case from whom the sum of $50 US Dollars, were obtained
by false pretence. The modu operandi used by the syndicate
as regards to this case, the defendant after collecting the
cheque booklet from Nzude Okafor (PW2), sat down in
Enugu and planned carefully on how to use the cheque book
booklet to defraud their victims. Each member of the
syndicate has a role to play. The 2 cheque leaves were filled
by one of the syndicate member and given to the defendant
who went to the Diamond Bank Okpara Avenue Enugu and
deposited the 2 cheques leaves.
Prior to the defendant’s going to the bank, one of the
syndicate member now at large, in accordance with their plan
Page 12 of 34