Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Count Grants Bail to Three-Man Syndicate of Alleged Counterfeiters

Justice Lewis Alagoa of the Federal High Court Owerri, Imo State on Monday May 28,2018 granted bail to the trio of Clementina Ndukwe, Anthony Njoku and Alexander Umunna, all members of a three-man counterfeit syndicate operating in Owerri and its environs. They were arraigned on Friday May 11, 2018 on six count charge bordering on Conspiracy and Currency Counterfeiting to the tune of N1, 147,000.00 (One Million, One Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand Naira). The offence contravene section 6(2) of the Counterfeit Currency (Special Provisions) Act, Cap C35, L.F.N. 2004 and punishable under section…