Bank Notes Forgery: EFCC Arraigns Four

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 16, 2023, re-arraigned the quartet of Mark Obisean, Olumide Mcintouch, Bolaji Bakare, and Goodluck Bazunu for the purchase of forged bank notes and possession of forged United States Dollars Travellers Cheque.

The suspects were arraigned before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on an amended 11-count charge.

One of the counts reads: “Mark Obisean, Olumide Mcintouch, Bolaji Bakare, Goodluck Bazunu, and Josiah Ntekume (at large) sometime in 2018 at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division, received and have in your possession forged United States Dollars Travellers Cheque number GA908-981-564.”

Another count reads: “Mark Obisean, Olumide Mcintouch, Bolaji Bakare, Goodluck Bazunu, and Josiah Ntekume (at large), sometime in 2018 at Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division, conspired to purchase, received, and have in your possession forged United States traveler’s cheques.”