Attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice (AGF) has dragged a legal practitioner, Bob Chiedozie Ugu and five others, including a civil engineer, Nnaemeka Chukwueke, to court for alleged forgery of title documents, theft, conspiracy and impersonation.
Other defendants in the charge dated April 8, 2025, are Samuel Udo-Imeh, Ifeanyi Abaekwueme, Earth Conscience Limited and NBC Infrastructure West Africa Limited.
Meanwhile, Justice Samira Umar Bature, of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has fixed January 27, 2026, for their fresh arraignment.
The commissioner of police had earlier filed a seven-count charge (FCT/HC/CR/302/2023) against Bob Chiedozie Ugu, Samuel Udo-Imeh, Ifeanyi Abaekwueme, and Earth Conscience Limited before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
However, the AGF after taking over the prosecution, increased the counts to 12 with two additional defendants, Nnaemeka Chukwueke, a civil engineer and NBC Infrastructure West Africa Limited.
The fresh charge was filed by a private counsel with the fiat of the AGF, Abdul Ter Kohol.
Meanwhile, the defendants who had pleaded not guilty to the previous charge, are yet to take their plea in the fresh charge.
In the fresh charge, the prosecution said the defendants allegedly forged title documents including the power of attorney with fraudulent intention of converting the property belonging to Nexune Nigeria Limited.
While Bob Chidozie, an Abia State-based legal practitioner, who also doubles as the managing director of Earth Conscience Limited, was a former commissioner for works in state, Samuel Udoh-Imeh, who works in the Information Technology and Services Sector, is an Abuja-based businessman.
On his part, Ifeanyi Abaekwueme, who is a town planner by profession, is a career civil servant with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and owner and founding director of Earth Conscience Limited.
The defendants who were charged with conspiracy, forgery and dishonesty were alleged to have conspired among themselves to commit an offence, namely forgery, between January 2015 and December 2022 at the FCT, Abuja, within the jurisdiction of the court, and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 97(1) of the Penal Code Law.
They were charged for committing forgery with intent to convert the property of Nexune Nigeria Ltd, by fraudulently signing the signature of Mr Olusegun Sanni, on a document titled: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning Plot No. 54 DO6 situated at Karsana West, FCT, Abuja, with the intention of causing it to be believed that he signed the document when they knew same was false.
The alleged offences are contrary to sections 95; 97 (1); 362; 364, among others of the Penal Code and punishable under the same law.
