Chuks Dibiaezue, a lawyer who allegedly forged mortgage loan agreement on behalf of the First Bank PLC has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police, FCT Command.
The arrest followed a complaint by Abuja based Whiteplains British School Ltd alleging that the First Bank PLC forged a Tripartite Legal Mortgage Agreement through Dibiaezue using a firm known as Lagardera and Co.
The forged document and ‘Form CAC 8’, (Particulars of Mortgage) were filed with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
The First Bank PLC purports that the Tripartite Mortgage Agreement was made at its Shippers House offices on January 27, 2014 between it, White Plains British School Ltd, and former owner of the school’s land, France Lee Nigeria Ltd.
Under the purported agreement, the First Bank PLC could at a short notice takeover the school’s property at Plot 528 Cadastral Zone B4, Jabi, FCT.
It was also alleged that the bank used the said forged agreement to obtain an order of a Federal High Court in suit no: FHC/ABJ/CS/1023/2015 granting it access to the school’s property.
The Notary Public, Godwin Imakhai, before whom the directors were purported to have deposed to two affidavits dated October 25, 2013 endorsing the said Tripartite Agreement, denied the document.
A First Bank PLC in Abuja, cannot comment because the civil aspect of the matter is before the court.
