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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday testified before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja in an alleged N1.4bn subsidy fraud suit against an oil company, Nadabo Energy.
The EFCC had accused Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy, of allegedly using forged documents to obtain N1,464,961,978.24 from the Federal Government as an oil subsidy after allegedly inflating the quantity of premium motor spirit purportedly supplied to 14,000M.
Bawa, before he was appointed the EFCC chairman, testified before the court where he identified two documents as email correspondence between him and Ullrich Afini Awani of Global Commodities Africa and the Certificate of Identification.
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, appeared before an Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Wednesday to give evidence in the N1.4 billion fraud trial involving an oil company, Nadabo Energy. Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Mr Saidu Ateh, Bawa analysed the email correspondences of the defendants […]
EFCC boss testifies in N1.4bn oil subsidy fraud trial
Mr Bawa was the EFCC s prosecution witness before his appointment as the chairman of the anti-graft agency
The chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday appeared before a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, to give evidence in a N1.4 billion fraud trial involving an oil company, Nadabo Energy Ltd.
Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Seidu Atteh, Mr Bawa said he analysed the email correspondences of the defendants and found out that contrary to their claim, they took about six million litres of petrol from a mother vessel to their chartered vessel.
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A Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Wednesday, adjourned further proceedings in a 1.4 billion naira fraud trial involving an oil company, Nadabo Energy Ltd and its Chairman till April 28.
The presiding judge, Justice Christopher Balogun gave the adjournment to enable the court rule on the admissibility of the document sought to be tender by the Prosecutor.
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, was led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Seidu Atteh, to narrate the outcome of their investigation in the alleged offences.
Mr Bawa said he analysed the email correspondences of the defendants and found out that contrary to their claim, they took about six million litres of petrol from a mother vessel to their chartered vessel.