Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on Friday arraigned senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome and a co-defendant on 12 charges of forgery and impersonation before the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja.

The prosecution accused Mr Ozekhome and his co-defendant, Ponfa Useni, of forgery of documents including a passport and an irrevocable power of attorney to lay claim to a property in London.

They pleaded not guilty to the charges, following which the court granted them bail at N10 million bond each.

It comes just days after the AGF office withdrew the original case of three counts and subsequently, within hours, refiled an amended version of the case with 12 counts. The developments took place on Tuesday....