The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 presented
to Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, more
documents to back up its claim on how the former Jigawa governor, Sule
Lamido and his cohorts defrauded the State.
Lamido is being
prosecuted alongside his two sons: Aminu and Mustapha and two others on a
27-count charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering.
A prosecution
witness, Micheal Wetkas, an operative of the EFCC, who testified as
PW18, on April 11, 2016, revealed how Lamido, his sons, and cohorts
received kickbacks running to billions of Naira.
After a startling
revelation of how the deal were perfected, the court adjourned to today
for further hearing while admitting in evidence the documents presented
to it.
At the resumed sitting today, counsel to EFCC, Chile
Okoroma while leading Wetkas in evidence presented different documents
showing contracts awarded to Dantata and Sawoe, A G Ferraro, Interior
Woodworks Limited, Bamaima Company Nigeria Limited as well as sub
contracts from Dantata and Sawoe to Speeds International Limited with
their acceptance letter, receipts, waybills, payment vouchers, delivery
notes and photocopies of cheques issued.
The documents were admitted as exhibits EFCC 63 - EFCC 111a-d.
At this point, Lamido’s counsel, O. E. Offiong, SAN,
applied for a stand-down for an hour for the second defendant (Aminu
Sule Lamido) to get medical attention as he was said to be sick and he
was obliged by the court.
At resumed
sitting, the second defendant was still not back. Another stand-down was
given which later resulted to an adjournment.
Further hearing on the case has been fixed for May 9, 10 and 11 2016.
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