IGP Sues Lawyer, Others Over Alleged Fraud

Office of the Inspector-General of Police has dragged a lawyer, Everestus Ugwuowo, and three others to court over allegations of defrauding a woman of 29 million Naira and forging documents to sell a House in Abuja.
The IG, in the amended 11 counts dated and filed on April 29th, 2019 by Simon Lough, also joined Umar Adamu, Usman Audu and Adole Christopher, a staff of Bureau of Public Procurement as 2nd to 4th defendants respectively.
In the amended charge presently before Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, the Inspector-General of Police is the complainant.
The defendants, who were arraigned in 2018 and granted bail, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
They were alleged to have committed the allegations in connivance with Damian Audu, Joseph Omale, Kingsley Awodi, now at large in September 2017 in Abuja.