BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—The Federal Government has instituted fresh charges against prominent legal practitioner Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Ponfa Useni before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.
In the new filing, the defendants are facing a 12-count charge bordering on alleged forgery. The government claims that in 2020, the defendants conspired to procure a false Nigerian international passport and presented it as having been issued by the Nigeria Immigration Service.
The case, filed on Tuesday at the FCT High Court in Abuja, has yet to be assigned to a judge for hearing.
Also listed as a defendant is Ponfa Useni — identified in court documents by the alias “Tali Shani” — who is the son of the late Jeremiah Useni, a former Minister of the FCT.
The fresh charge comes after the earlier forgery case instituted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) was withdrawn.
