Abuja which you then knew or had reason to believe to be a forged
document and that you thereby committed an offence punishable
under Section 366 of the Penal Code.
Count Three:
That or on about 20th December 2000, you Saeed Monidafe Jimeta
at Habib Bank Nigeria Limited, Wuse Zone 1, Abuja committed the
theft of N1,397,500.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Ninety Seven
Thousand and Five Hundred Naira only) by withdrawing/taking the
said sum out from a purported account of the National Clearing and
Forwarding Agency No. 2375 which the said agency maintains at
the Wuse Zone 1 Abuja Branch and you thereby committed the
offence of theft contrary to Section 286 and punishable under
Section 287 of the Penal Code.
Only one witness gave evidence for the prosecution; he tendered
seven exhibits in evidence.
The name of PW1 who was the sole
witness in this case for the prosecution is Aiyelemi Adebayo, the
Head of Commercial Group, Habib (Nigeria) Bank Limited. He told
the court that National Clearing and Forwarding Agency opened an
Account No. 2375 with the Bank sometimes in 1998; the said account
had remained dormant. PW1 tendered seven documents as exhibits
A – F. The documents alleged to have been forged among the
tendered exhibits is Exhibit C, it read as follows:
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