An Abuja court has heard testimony alleging that former President Olusegun Obasanjo personally directed an increase of N11 billion in the budget allocation for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project shortly before its approval in 2003. The evidence was given by Umar Babangida, an Assistant Commissioner of Police attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
An Abuja court on Monday heard from prosecution witness Umar Babangida that former Power Minister Dr Olu Agunloye acted within the limits of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s financial directives in recommending Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited (SPTCL) for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project. Babangida, an Assistant Commissioner of Police and the third prosecution witness,…
An Abuja High Court has heard that former Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye, was not in office when former President Olusegun Obasanjo approved key decisions for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project. The testimony came from Assistant Commissioner of Police Umar Babangida, who appeared as the third witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
