have declared Emmanuel Osita Okereke wanted.
Emmanuel Osita Okereke was the former
presidential aspirant on the platform of the
Nigeria Liberation Party (NLP) and he's been
wanted for jumping bail.Emmanuel is also the
Director-General of the National Task Force to
Combat Illegal Importation of Small Arms,
Ammunition and Light Weapons, (NATFORCE)
A statement by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson
Uwujaren,states that the former presidential
aspirant was being prosecuted on six-counts of
impersonation, forgery and obtaining by false
pretence. He was arraigned on November 21,
2013, before Justice J. Y. Tukur, of the FCT High
Court, Apo, Abuja, for allegedly forging a
document of the Federal Government, titled:
"Restricted, Federal Government of Nigeria,
National Task Force".
One of the charges read against him:
"That you Osita Okereke and Ishmael
Chinyere Nwogu sometime in March, 2010
in Abuja within the judicial Division of the
High Court of the Federal Capital Territory
knowingly had in your possession a forged
document titled 'RESTRICTED, FEDERAL
REPBLIC OF NIGERIA, NATIONAL TASK
FORCE' with intent to defraud,
fraudulently used same as genuine to
induce the public to believe that your
organization is an agency of the Federal
Government of Nigeria and consequently
remitted the aggregate sum of
N1,145,000 to you through First Bank
account number 3066173170 and
thereby committed an offence and
punishable under section 368 of the Penal
Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation
of Nigeria (Abuja)."
Justice Tukur had granted the request of his
counsel, Kanayo Okofar, requesting that he be
granted bail.
Okereke, who was arrested with several
incriminating items, including bullet proof vests,
has however, jumped bail.
He allegedly operates a syndicate, which
maintains offices across the country, defrauding
unsuspecting members of the public, by selling
recruitment forms for N5,000 in the guise that
they would be offered job by the federal
government.
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