Abuja – The police, on Thursday, arraigned a- 28-year-old banker, Henry Bello, before a Gudu Upper Area Court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for alleged attempt to commit an offence and forgery.
Bello of No. 3, Usman Bala street, Garki and a staff of a bank in Area 7, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of an attempt to commit an offence and forgery of a military letter headed paper.
The Police Prosecutor, Urom Otu, said Sgt. Andrew John of Quarter Guard Brigade, Nigerian Army, Aguiyi Ironsi Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja, had reported the matter at the police station on May 4.
Otu said the defendant was intercepted while contracting a computer graphic designer to scan a letter headed paper of 7 guards battalion, Nigerian Army on April 29 with intent to commit felony.
He added that the defendant could not give any satisfactory account of himself and the paper recovered from his possession during police investigation.
The prosecutor, therefore said that the offences contravened Section 95 and 364 of the Penal Code.
The Judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N50,000 with a reliable surety in like sum.
Kagarko said that the surety must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and he adjourned the case till July 27 for hearing. (NAN)