Police arraign lawyer for attempting to deceive Chief of Army Staff

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(Nigeria) The police on Wednesday arraigned a lawyer, Mr John Apoche, in a Karu Chief Magistrate Court, Abuja, for attempting to obtain favour from the Chief of Army Staff with forged documents.
Apoche appeared before Chief Magistrate Hadiza Dodo on three counts of criminal conspiracy, forgery and using  a forged document.
The prosecutor, ASP Adams Peter, told the court that the accused carried out the act with one Alhaji Musa, a civil servant, who is now at large.
Peter alleged that Apoche and Musa forged a letter of recommendation in the name of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, in a bid to gain favour from the top military chief.
According to him, the accused and his accomplice presented the fake letter at the Defence Headquarters claiming that it was from the AGF.
He said that the army chief suspected foul play and called in the police, who  investigated into the case and discovered that the letter was forged.
The offence, according to him, contravened the provisions of sections 97 (2), 364 and 366 of the Penal Code.
He prayed the court not to grant the accused bail on the ground that the offence was not "ordinarily bailable".
The defence counsel, Mr Abang Ogak, made an oral bail application, saying that the accused would not jump bail and would be available throughout the period of his trial.
Delivering her ruling, Dodo granted the accused bail on self recognition and ordered his counsel to sign an undertaking promising to produce him in court at every hearing on the case.
She adjoured the case until June 18, for continuation of hearing. 

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