Nigeria: Five men captured with sacks of fake dollars, pounds sterling
By Ahmad Hadizat Omayoza, Mamos Nigeria
Judge Adeola Olatunbosun on Wednesday requested that five men summoned for having Indian hemp and two sacks of fake foreign currencies standards be kept in police custody until legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution is prepared.
The suspects, Francis Omwukei, 26; Kingsley Ude, 33; Umar Idris, 37; Eyo, 27 and Brilliant Ahamefula, 26, were summoned under the steady gaze of a Yaba Justices’ Court on a two-count charge of ownership of Indian hemp and fake money currencies; Pounds Sterling and US dollars.
The prosecutor, Rita Momoh, let the court know that the defendants were captured on August 9, 2023, at White Sand, Ijora, Lagos State.
As per Momoh, the defendants were found having substances suspected to be Indian hemp and showing them in broad daylight, an offense that was fit for causing a break of harmony.
She added that the offense negated and is culpable under Areas 329 and 442 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos Province of Nigeria.
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The charge read to some extent, “That you, Francis Omwukei, Kingsley Ude, Umar Idris, Eyo, and Splendid Ahamefula, on August 9, 2023, at White Sand, Ijora, in Lagos, in the Lagos State Authoritative Region, did unlawfully possessed leaves thought to be Indian hemp and two packs containing counterfeit US Dollar cash, and pounds authentic money, and accordingly perpetrated an offense in opposition to and culpable under Segment 329 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos Province of Nigeria, 2015.”
The litigants, nonetheless, argued not blameworthy to the charges.
The judge requested that without a trace of a remand warrant, the litigants be saved in police care for seven days, while the police copy and send the record to the DPP for legitimate guidance.
Olatunbosun concluded the case till August 23, 2023, for DPP guidance.
