The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) called its first witness. x
The prosecution witness, a relationship manager in the Sales Department, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mohammed Babansule, tendered the statement of account of one of the companies, Josmon Technologies Ltd., the sixth defendant.
Some other documents tendered by the bank official were the Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum of Understanding, AEDC receipts, Letter of reference, International passport page of Apeh Monday, the fourth defendant, and board resolution to open an account, all for the sixth defendant.
Babansule while giving evidence in chief had said that the statement of account for the sixth defendant was generated from the computer system of the bank, printed, signed, endorsed, and certified by the bank before sending the same to the EFCC.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today called its first witness in the fresh trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engineer Babachir Lawal, before Justice Charles Agbaza of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Jabi, Abuja.
The defendants were re-arraigned on Monday, November 30, 2020, before Justice Agbaza by the anti-corruption commission alongside five others for an alleged N544million grass-cutting contract fraud following the death of Justice Jude Okeke, who was handling the case before he passed on on August 4, 2020.
The former SGF is standing trial alongside his younger brother, Hamidu David Lawal, who is a director of Rholavision Engineering Limited; an employee of the company, Suleiman Abubakar, and the Managing Director of Josmon Technologies Limited, Apeh John Monday and the two companies.
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The Gombe State Commissioner for Justice, Zubair Umar, has said the delay in the confirmation of Justice Beatrice Iliya, as the Chief Judge of the state is because of a fraud petition against her.
Umar dismissed the insinuation that Iliya had not been confirmed because she is a woman or because of her religion.
He also stated that Governor Inuwa Yahaya, has a track record of women inclusion in his government, adding that Gombe is the only state in northern Nigeria with women duly elected as a local government chairperson.
“There are petitions before the National Judicial Council and it was brought to the attention of Judicial Service Commission in Gombe state and we have responded to every allegation.