The federal government has charged First Bank Plc and two lawyers with alleged forgery and breach of trust before an FCT High Court in Abuja.
The defendants are Barristers Muftau Ande and Dibiaezue Chuks were charged alongside the Frist Bank of Nigeria, the Managing Director of the First Bank of Nigeria and the Branch Manager, Frist Bank of Nigeria, Utako, Abuja.
They were accused in three-counts charges of criminal conspiracy to forge a tripartite legal mortgage of the Whiteplains British School, Abuja, without the consent of the proprietor of the school, Francis Chukwuma Nwufor in 2016.
The alleged offences are contrary to sections 96, 363 and 311 of the Penal Code Law.
When the case was called, prosecution counsel, Ndidi Ezinwa-Ukoha informed the court that the defendants are absent in court.
Subsequently, Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie fixed May 18 for the arraignment.
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