The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Stella Achebe and her company for the offence bordering on the issuance of dud cheques, contrary to Section 1 of the Dishonoured Cheques Act 2004, and obtaining credit by fraud contrary to Section 313 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
The prosecution through the witnesses revealed that the defendant had only N3,129.77 in her account as of the time she issued the cheques for the said amount. Akaogu also adduced evidence to prove that the defendant merely obtained the said money by false pretence as she was not into oil and gas business as she claimed.
The defendant, who said she was a lawyer called to the Nigeria Bar in 2002, also took to the dock to defend herself, claiming that she was into oil and gas business.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Except for political ones, cases in Nigerian Courts take too long before being decided. The judiciary needs to do better so that aggrieved persons quickly find reprieve.
Later they'll blame the government,, we the masses are so wicked, heartless itself 😒😒
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