Alleged forgery: Court orders police to probe Kwara lawmaker

An Abuja Area Court in Karmo has referred to the police for investigation an allegation of certificate forgery levelled against Ahmed Ndakene, a federal lawmaker from Kwara State. Ndakene, representing Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency on the platform of the APC, appeared before the court over alleged criminal breach of Sections 88(1), 89(3) and 109c of the […]

An Abuja Area Court in Karmo has referred to the police for investigation an allegation of certificate forgery levelled against Ahmed Ndakene, a federal lawmaker from Kwara State.

Ndakene, representing Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency on the platform of the APC, appeared before the court over alleged criminal breach of Sections 88(1), 89(3) and 109c of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 brought against him by Mahmud Babako.

Babako, the candidate of the PDP in the election that produced Ndakene, alleged that the defendant forged a certificate he presented to INEC.

At the resumed hearing, the Judge, Inuwa Maiwada, asked Ndakene if he understood the complaint against him and if he was in receipt of the same, to which he (Ndakena) answered in the affirmative.

However, when he was asked if he was in agreement with the complaint, he disagreed. The judge, thereafter, held that the allegation of forgery in the complaint was weighty and therefore referred the matter to the Utako Divisional Police Headquarters for investigation.

Maiwada, in addition, ordered that the report of the investigation be submitted within two weeks, and adjourned the matter to July 1, for ruling.

The judge, thereafter, cautioned parties from making damaging utterances and advised that only their counsel who had clear understanding of legal terms should address the media.