The trial of one Mohammed Maina Bashir, a former staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who is being prosecuted on a 2-count charge bordering on certificate forgery continued on Monday, March 9, 2015 before Justice Salisu Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja .

Bashir is one of five officials dismissed by the Commission sometime in 2006 on account of certificate forgery after routine investigations to verify the authenticity of their academic claims.
 
At the resumed hearing of the case today, counsel to EFCC, Victor Ukagwu told the court that, he had a pending application dated February 6, 2015 seeking to tender in evidence, a certificate purportedly obtained by the accused from Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria as additional proof against the accused.
 
He prayed the court to allow the application.
 
However, the defence counsel, Charles Musa objected on the ground that the law does not recognise filing of additional proof of evidence when trial is ongoing.
 
 
Justice Garba adjourned the case to May 4, 2015 for ruling and continuation of hearing.
 
Maina was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a two count charge bordering on forgery.


Count one of the charge reads: That you Maina Mohammed Bashir on or about the 20th day of March, 2001 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did fraudulently make a document dated 20th day of March, 2001 and titled Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, statement of result No. 0011032 purportedly signed by B.B Mshelthlila for Registrar, awarding you a Bachelor of Science (International Studies) Degree with Second Class Honours (Lower Division) with the intension of causing it to be believed that the said document was made by Ahmadu Bello university, Zaria, which you knew did not make it and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 364 of the Penal Code Act Cap.532 Laws of the Federation (Abuja) 1990.
 

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