The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday, closed its case against Opeyemi Ajuyah, Majope Investment, Abdullahi Alao, Axenergy, and Olarenwaju Olalusi who are standing trial in a N789Million( Seven Hundred And Eighty Nine Million Naira) subsidy scam.
At
the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday, prosecuting counsel,
S.A. Ateh, presented a witness: Irene Moses who worked as a Terminal
Manager for Oando plc at the time the alleged fraud was committed, and
currently works as Terminal Manager, Joint Venture for the same
organization. In his testimony, Moses told the court that as at the
time he was Terminal Manager for Oando plc at Lister Oil, Oando had an
exclusive use of the Lister Terminal. The witness was shown exhibit 60
which he identified as the summary of his company's activities with MT
Brave concerning the receipt and discharge of fuel a between January 20
and 22, 2011.
According
to him, MT Brave only discharged a little above 4,285.141 metric tons
of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, and not 20,000 metric tons documented. In a
cross examination, Moses denied that Onando plc was keeping products
for other companies during the subsidy regime. He equally denied
saying in his earlier testimony of 14 May, 2013 that other companies
imported products through Lister Depot.
After
concluding the cross examination, counsel to the first and second
defendants, O Ajanaku, told the court that he had an application
requesting for the production of Prosecution witness 2, (PW2) but
Justice Lateefat Okunnu said this would be at the discretion of the
prosecution team. She subsequently adjourned the case to 27 October 2015
for hearing of a motion raised by Ajanaku.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
23rd October, 2015
Head, Media & Publicity
23rd October, 2015
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