HAMMA AKAWU BARKA JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgement): The Appellant, Adekunle Adebowale was 0before his unfortunate conviction, the Accountant of the Nigerian institute of Building (NIOB). Sometimes in the year 2013, officials of the institute, petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alleging that appellant misappropriated the sums of N2,451,900(Two million four hundred and fifty-one thousand nine hundred Naira only) which sums forms part of the money entrusted to him in his official capacity, and also forged various documents showing that various sums of money belonging to the institute, was with the Access Bank.
Consequent to that, Appellant was arraigned and charged upon a three-count charge which reads as follows: -
COUNT ONE
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
Forgery contrary to Section 362 (a) of the Penal Code and punishable under section 364 of the same law.
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
That you Adekunle Adebowale sometime between January 2012 and December 2013 within t…