The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, arraigned a former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Edor Obi (rtd) and two others, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged fraud and forgery.
Lt. Col. Obi, who was a Military administrator of Bayelsa State from July 1998 to May 1999, during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) was arraigned alongside two others, Felix Onyakhamoh, a former staff of Oceanic Bank and one Adewale Mesioye by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
They were arraigned on an 11 count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, and possession and use of false documents before Justice Mojisola Dada.
The EFCC arraigned the defendants over alleged forgery and possession of fraudulent documents.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to all count charges.
During the proceeding on Friday, the anti-graft agency told the court the alleged offences were committed sometime in 2021 in Lagos.
The EFCC prosecuting counsel, Franklin Ofoma, stated that the defendants, with intent to defraud, knowingly forged a form CAC 2A Return of Allotment of Dreamworld Leisures Limited.
Part of the charges read: “Paul obi, Onyakhamoh and Mesioye sometime in 2021 in Lagos, with intent to defraud knowingly forged a document titled ‘The Federal Republic of Nigeria companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990 Company Limited By Shares, Special Resolution of DreamWorld Leisure Limited Dated 10th day of September 2020.