A 90 year-old
retired Soldier, Chief Damian Onwu, 50-year-old pastor, Israel Zacchaeus and
their 48-year-old sister, Fubara Zacchaeus were on Friday brought before a
chief magistrate court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital for allegedly
impersonating their late father to sell portions of their family land.
Onwu and the
two others were said to have forged the signatures of their dead fathers, who
were the elders of Ezekiel Hart family of Grand Bonny Kingdom, in Bonny area of
the state.
They were to
sell the family land located at Kom Kom, in Oyigbo area of the state to
unsuspecting members of the public.
The accused
were charged by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, through the
office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone six, Calabar in Cross
Rivers state.
The ex-soldier
who retired 30 years ago was charged with conspiracy, forgery, impersonation,
extortion and fraud alongside his cohorts.
The suspects
were granted bail in the sum of N4 million after pleading not guilty to all the
counts.
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