ABDULLAHI
V.
F.R.N.

ADUMIEN JCA: (Delivering the Lead Judgment):

The appellant was the accused in charge No. FCT/HC/CR/89/09 in which he was arraigned on a seven-count charge. He was convicted of the offences contained in counts 1 and 7 namely:

Count 1

That you, Ebiloma Abdullahi sometime in March 2008 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the HighCourt of the Federal Capital Territory did make a false student identity card of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, purportedly signed by the Director of the University Security Services with Matric number 1999/8683 BB with the intent to commit fraudand thereby committed an offence punishable under section 364 of the Penal Code, Cap. 359, Laws of the Federation.

Count 7

That you, Ebiloma Abdullahi sometime in March 2008 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did with intent to defraud/obtain the sum of N500,000 (five hundred thousand naira) from the President of Nigeria Football Association and …