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EFCC Arraigns Man for Issuance of Dud Cheque

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Tunde Lawal before Justice V.S. Garba of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Kwali, on a two-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N8 million. One of the counts reads: “That you, Tunde Lawal, on or about the 1st day of October, 2013 at Abuja, within the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did issue a Zenith Bank of Nigeria Plc cheque dated 1st day October, 2013 for the sum of N8,000,000 payable to Ethel Emeka which when presented for payment was dishon…