An Abuja High Court on Tuesday heard testimony alleging that $6.23 million meant for election observers was fraudulently withdrawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria during the administration of former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele. The allegation was made by CP Eloho Okpozikbo while testifying in the trial instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission….
An Abuja High Court has been asked by former Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele to shut out further prosecution evidence if key witnesses fail to appear in his trial. Defence counsel Matthew Burkaa made the request after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it might not produce two remaining witnesses due to…
A prosecution witness, Salihu Kadir, told an Abuja High Court that Aminu Baba-Kusa, a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), voluntarily wrote his statement and filled all columns himself. Kadir, gave his testimony in the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, charged with 32 counts of criminal breach of…
Mr Haruna Alabi, a retired Director of Legal Services in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, on Tuesday admitted to signing the statement made by the former AGF,, Ahmed Idris, as witness on May 17, 2022. Alabi, was testifying in the trial-within-trial of the former AGG in sn Abuja High Court while being cross…
A prosecution witness, David Jaiyeoba, admitted that he did not personally interrogate the former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, during investigations.. Emefiele, is charged with criminal breach of trust, forgery, abuse of office, conspiracy to obtain by false pretence and obtaining money by false pretence while serving as CBN governor. The Economic and Financial Crimes…
A prosecution witness, Olomotane Egoro, told an Abuja court that the transactions linked to the Kogi Government House account complied with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulations and no banking rules were breached. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged former governor, Yahaya Bello, Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalam Hudu with 16 counts of breach of…
A prosecution witness, Mahmoud Abdulazeez, on Monday, stated that the name of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi was not linked to the transactions in the fresh documents tendered by the commission in the ongoing money laundering trial. Abdulazeez, a staff of Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company Limited, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal…
Halima Kazeem, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, told an Abuja court that a former General Manager with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa, gave his statement voluntarily. The EFCC charged former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki , Baba-Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited with criminal…
A Department of State Services,(DSS)’ witness, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja how cell phone analysis of four defendants who allegedly carried out the terror attack on Owo church placed them at the crime scene. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspected terrorists were alleged to have perpetrated the…
A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the suspected terrorists were funded, armed and mobilised to attack St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, on June 5, 2022. The witness, who was giving his testimony under protection, led a DSS investigation…
