An Ikeja High Court, yesterday heard how an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Davies Ibrahim, allegedly forged the agency’s documents to perpetrate fraud.
Ibrahim, an administrative officer with EFCC, is standing trial with Somorin Olusegun, a G.S.M repairer, before Justice Joseph Oyewole for allegedly defrauding a policewoman.
At the resumed hearing yesterday, the EFCC witness, Mr Efa Okim, told the court that EFCC sent some documents found in the possession of the accused to handwriting analysts for verification.
EFCC also wrote to some banks and telecommunication firms to ascertain if Ibrahim was indeed involved in the alleged fraud, Okim said.
His words: “We needed to ascertain his involvement because he is one of our staff, despite the fact that he had already confessed to the crime voluntarily.
“So, we sent the documents to handwriting analysts because they were official documents which had minutes on them, but which have not passed through official channels.”
The witness added that the EFCC took a sample of Ibrahim’s handwriting, which was sent to the analysts for comparison.
Okim said they discovered that they were his forged handwriting.
Ibrahim and Olusegun are facing a seven-count charge, which includes conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, forgery and tendering of false documents.
The duo pleaded not guilty to the charges during their arraignment.
EFCC alleged that the accused with others still at large obtained N55, 000 from Mrs Augusta Eleshin on August 16, 2008 .
They collected the money from Eleshin under the pretence that it would be used to compromise the investigation of a petition purportedly written against her husband, Saka Odofin, the EFCC alleged.
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Court told how EFCC official ‘forged documents’ to defraud