The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Rhas Nigeria Limited and its director, Liwa Sarirddine, before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, over the alleged issuance of a dud cheque.

The defendants were arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on a one-count charge bordering on the alleged issuance of a dishonoured cheque in the sum of ₦10 million.

According to the charge, Rhas Nigeria Limited and Sarirddine allegedly obtained credit from Ismail and Partners sometime in 2020 in Abuja through a cheque dated October 15, 2020.

The EFCC alleged that when the cheque was presented for payment within three months of its date, it was dishonoured and returned on the ground that there was no sufficient credit in the account on which it was drawn.

The commission said the alleged offence is contrary to Section 1(1)(b) of the Dishonoured Cheque (Offences) Act, Cap. D11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and punishable under Sections 1(1)(i) and 1(1)(ii) of the same Act.

Sarirddine pleaded not guilty to the charge on behalf of himself and the company.

Following the plea, prosecution counsel, Mariya U. Shariff, asked the court for a trial date and urged that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility.

Defence counsel, however, applied for bail for the defendant, an application the prosecution did not oppose.

Justice Musa granted Sarirddine bail in the sum of ₦5 million with two sureties in like sum.

The court ordered that one of the sureties must be a Level 10 civil servant, while both sureties must depose to an affidavit to be verified by the court registrar.

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