Tag: Witness
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How Jonathan’s minister, two others withdrew N450m cash, Witness tells court
A prosecution witness, Annette Gyen, on Monday told a Jos Federal High Court how former Water Resources Minister, Sarah Ochekpe, and two others withdrew N450 million from Fidelity Bank Plc. Mrs Ochekpe, and the two others – Raymond Dabo, former Plateau PDP Chairman, and Leo Jatau, Coordinator of the President Goodluck Johnathan campaign in Plateau…
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EFCC witness in alleged N2.3bn fraud against Orji Kalu ‘relocates’ to Cameroon
Akpan Udoh, an accountant in the Abia State Government House, who was scheduled to testify in the alleged N3.2 billion fraud trial of the former Abia Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has relocated to Cameroon. The counsel to the prosecution told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday that Mr. Udoh was listed as a…
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Dasukigate: Dokpesi did not execute any project for N2.1bn received – Witness
The trial of a former Chairman, DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, continued on Friday before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with Abubakar Madaki, the twelfth prosecution witness (PW12), revealing how the defendant received funds from the Office of National Security Adviser, under the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), for…
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How Alison-Madueke allegedly paid ex-minister Akinjide, others N650 million – Witness
Usman Zakari, a witness in the ongoing trial of a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide, on Friday told Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how Ms. Akinjide and others received N650 million in the build-up to the 2015 general election. Ms. Akinjide alongside Ayo Adeseun…
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We found $1 million cash in Badeh’s wardrobe – Witness tells court
Anna Akuson, a witness in the N3.9 billion fraud trial involving Alex Badeh, former Chief of Air Staff, on Wednesday told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja how a search conducted on a property allegedly belonging to defendant led to the recovery of $1 million suspected to be proceeds of illicit…
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How Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia received 12m in tranches from custom officer – Witness
The corruption trial of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia continued on Friday before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, with the prosecution highlighting a payment of N8m into her company’s account on February 4, 2015. The 12th prosecution witness, Abdullahi Lawal, told the court that when Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia, a serving judge of the Federal High Court,…
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Alleged N3.2bn fraud: Again, EFCC’s star witness in Orji Kalu’s trial absconds
The trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, was stalled Tuesday after the prosecution, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), failed to present one of its major witnesses. Rotimi Jacobs, counsel to the EFCC, told Mohammed Idris of a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court that the Commission had been…
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How money recovered from allegedly corrupt Supreme Court judge reduced – Witness
The sixth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Supreme Court judge, Sylvester Ngwuta, on Thursday attributed a N12,000 shortfall in money tendered as evidence in court to human error. When the matter was called, the witness informed the court that when the money was recovered in Abakaliki, it was counted manually and therefore the…
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Jonathan seeks N1bn from Metuh as travelling expenses to testify in court
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday requested that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to set aside the subpoena ordering him to appear in court as a witness to testify in defence of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. Jonathan, sought an alternative prayer, an order directing Metuh…
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How Badeh’s wife, two sons escaped to U.S. – Witness
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday heard how the wife of former Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Alex Badeh and his two sons escaped to the United States (U.S.) on learning that they were being investigated in relation to alleged fraud involving Badeh. A prosecution witness, Abubakar Madaki, who testified at the proceedings…