Alleged Forgery: John Abebe Has Case to Answer, Judge Rules - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Tuesday, told John Abebe, brother to late former First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo, that he had a case to answer over an alleged forgery of some portions of an oil contract document.
“The no-case submission is hereby dismissed, and the defendant is hereby called upon to open his case,” the judge ruled. He said that evidence relied on by the commission had no grounds in law, and that the testimony of the prosecution witnesses had been discredited under cross-examination. In his response, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, the lead counsel to the EFCC, had said that evidence adduced by the prosecution had not been discredited, adding that evidence of prosecution witnesses was not hearsay.NAN reports that Abebe had on July 26, 2018 pleaded not guilty to a four-count charge of forgery, fabricating evidence, using fabricated evidence and attempt to pervert the course of justice.“Abebe knowingly forged BP Exploration Nig. Ltd.’s letter, dated Nov. 30, 1995, to Inducon Ltd.
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