A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till November 9, 2022 for the trial a Lagos business man, Osas Eledan, allegedly found in possession of unauthorized letter of confirmation of bank manager’s Cheque to continue.
Eledan was also alleged to be in possession of “confirmation of financial Capacity of Customer.”
The defendant is currently standing trial in a five-count charge filed before the court.
The five-count charge as filed before the court by the EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo Iseoluwa, leading five-man team of lawyers from Economic and Financial Crime Commission, read:
COUNT 1
That you OSAS ELEDAN between June, 2021 and July, 2021 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court had in your possession a document containing False pretence to wit: mail from “investorsenquirvognt.com” purportedly emanating from, a commercial bank an information you ought to know is false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to sections 6 and 5(1) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other related offences Act,2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
COUNT 2
That you OSAS ELEDAN between June, 2021 and July, 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court had in your possession a document containing false pretence titled “LETTER OF CONFIRMATION OF BANK MANAGER’S CHEQUE” purportedly emanating from a commercial bank an information you ought to know is false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 6and5(1) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act,2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
COUNT 3
That you OSAS ELEDAN between June, 2021 and July, 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court had in your possession a document containing false pretence to wit; a Manager’s Cheque, dated 28 April, 2021,” purportedly emanating from a commercial bank, an information you ought to know is false and you thereby committed and offence contrary to sections 6 and 5(1) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other and other Fraud Related Act. 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
COUNT 4
That you OSAS ELEDAN between June, 2021 and July, 2021in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court had in your possession a document containing false pretence to wit; a manager’s Cheque, dated “04-05-2021 purportedly emanating from a commercial bank, an information you ought to know is false and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to sections 6 and 5(1) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
COUNT 5
That you OSAS ELEDAN between June, 2021 and July, 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court had in your possession a document containing false pretence titled “CONFIRMATION OF FINANCIAL CAPACITY OF CUSTOMER” purportedly emanating from a commercial bank , an information you ought to know is false and you thereby committed and offence contrary to sections 6 and 5(1) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.