Police probes alleged forgery by bank’s staff

The police are investigating an alleged forgery by some staff of an old generation bank, it was learnt Wednesday.

The police received a petition that some documents tendered at the Federal High Court in Lagos to obtain an injunction to take over a tank farm belonging to an oil company over an alleged debt were forged.

A warrant of arrest was issued by a Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse for the suspects who were accused of “criminal conspiracy and forgery”.

The suspects were arrested by the police at the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) premises in Lagos during a meeting with the agency’s operatives in related case.

They were taken to the Area A Police Station for questioning and were asked to sign an undertaking to report at Zone A police station in Abuja.

It was learnt that the suspects were still being interrogated at the Force CID Zone 10, Abuja and may be charged to court soon.

THE NATION