By RhemDy News
A firm, Rhas Nigeria Limited and its director, Liwa Sarirddine have been arraigned before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court over allegation bordering on fraud.
The defendants were arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge, bordering on alleged issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N10 million.
According the charge, the defendants, sometime in 2020 in Abuja obtained credit from Ismail and Partners in the sum of N10 million via a cheque dated October 15, 2020.
The anti-graft agency alleged that when presented for payment within three months of the date, the cheque was dishonoured and returned on the ground that there was no sufficient credit standing in the account for which the cheque was drawn.
According to the charges, the offence is a contradiction of Section 1(1) (b) of the Dishonoured Cheque (Offences) Act Cap. D11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under Section 1(1) (i) and 1(1)(ii) of the same Act.”
When the charges was read to him, Sarirddine pleaded “not guilty” on his behalf and that of the company, following which prosecution counsel Mariya .U. Shariff asked the court for a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a Correctional facility
The defence counsel however applied for bail on behalf of the defendant, which was not opposed by the prosecution.
Consequently, Justice Musa granted the defendant bail in the sum of N5 million with two sureties in like sum, one of whom must be a Level 10 civil servant.
Additionally, the court ordered that both sureties must depose to an affidavit which will be verified by the court registrar.
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