The Intelligence Department of the
Nigerian Police Force, Zone 10, in Abuja has revealed through
its investigation that certain First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) principal officers,
Kunle Awojobi, Managing Director of FBN trustee, and
others forged the signature of Ola Olaniran, Operational Director of
Zone 4 Energy Limited, on some documents used to obtain an order to take over
the farm tank of Zone 4 Energy Limited over an alleged non-payment
of a loan.
FBN had approached the court in July through its receiver,
Emmanuel Oyebanji, to obtain a court order to take over the Zone
4 Energy tank farm located in the Calabar
Free Trade Zone and to freeze the account of the company.
Justice Saliu Sahidu of Federal High Coourt in Ikoyi granted the
order.
The affected company filed a motion to discharge the order
through its lawyer Lanre Ogunlesi, alleging that the order was obtained in
error and that the day of execution of the order had
elapsed. Mr. Ogunlesi argued that his client never received
notice of this action.
Justice Abdul Aziz Anka of the same court
ruled against the order when he ordered that some of the assets claimed by
First Bank Plc. be relinquished to Chukelad Nigeria
Limited, a third party in trade with Zone 4
Energy. 2,804,735 liters of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and
1,927,727 liters of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) were to be evacuated
from the tank farm belonging Zone 4 Energy Limited. He adjourned
ruling until September 8, 2016.
The Nigerian Police Force’s Criminal Investigation
Department has now revealed that the tank farm was received with fictitious
documents.
In addition, on August 26, 2016, two First Bank
employees, Ayodele Ogunlana and Razak Yussuf, were arrested by the police
at the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in
Okotiebo and were subsequently taken to the police for questioning. They were
later asked to sign an undertaking stating that they would appear at the Zone A
police station in Abuja the following day.
It was reliably gathered that they will be charged to
court soon.
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