A letter to the Registrar of the Federal High Court in Benin City and signed by Ajakaye Iyiola Julius, an Assistant Director of the Ministry of Justice, said the AGF took over prosecution of case in pursuant to Section 174 (1)(b) of the 1999 constitution as amended. The taking over of the prosecution of the case followed a petition by Barr. Edokpayi that proper investigation was not conducted by the police before he was charged to court. Barr. Edokpayi and his firm who have since been granted bail were arraigned in June on four count charges of forgery of a deed of transfer of A.O Obasuyi and Sons Sawmill Limited and forgery of application for Governor’s consent for the purchase of property housing A.O Obasuyi and Sons Sawmill. They were also alleged to have forged the signature of one B.I Obasuyi on the deed of transfer of A.O Obasuyi and Sons Sawmill and the signature of one Sam Obasuyi on application for Governor’s consent dated February, 2006. Speaking to newsmen in Benin City, Barr. Edokpayi said he was arrested in a gestapo style by the police while driving and was hurriedly charge to court without investigation. Barr. Edokpayi stated that he was being prosecuted because of a landed property he bought for N10m from three brothers including a former Attorney-General of defunct Bendel State, late Benson Obasuyi. He explained that the family approached him to rescue them when they couldn’t deliver to a first buyer and he paid out N4m. Edokpayi said he later paid each of the three brothers N2.8m each for the property which used to be their late father’s Sawmill firm. His words, “I have receipts for all the transaction we did in 2006, Why did they wait for Benson to die before they claimed I forged his signature? There are other properties I bought from them. Checks showed that Justice O.O Tokode has earlier granted a motion exparte for an interim order for the prosecution to possess the immovable property housing the A.O Obasuyi and Sons Sawmill limited being the subject matter of the offence of forgery preferred against the accused persons pending the determination of the motion on notice.]]>
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