Slain Banker: MTN fraud analyst testifies for prosecution

A fraud analyst with MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Kingsley Ehebha, on Monday testified in the ongoing trial of Akolade Arowolo, who is standing trial for allegedly stabbing his banker wife, Titilayo to death before Justice Lateefa Okunnu of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja.
Ehebha, who was in court on subpoena by the prosecution, was in court to present the call logs of an MTN line with number 08034460245.
Akolade was charged to court for allegedly stabbing his wife to death on  June 24, 2011, at their residence located at 8, Akindeinde St., Isolo, Lagos.
Arowolo’s counsel, Mr Olarenwaju Ajanaku, had objected to the admission of the call logs being admitted as exhibits claiming that they were illegible and did not comply with the evidence act.
However, the judge overruled the objection, noting that the documents were legible and original copies as generated from the computers of MTN.
The MTN call logs and the covering letter addressed to the DPP were admitted as exhibits P65 and P66 respectively.
In his testimony, the witness said the owner of the number 08034460245  had received five calls on the day Titilayo was murdered.
He said the last voice call was at 11.11 p.m. and the terminating area was Oshodi, Isolo, in Lagos State.
While being led in testimony by the Director of Public Prosecutions in Lagos State, Mrs Olabisi Ogungbesan, he stated that his organisation (MTN) got a request for information on the number initially from the police in September 2011 and later from the court through a subpoena.
According to Ehebha, the request covered June 1 to July 26, 2011, adding that he was the one that pulled the information from the machine.
Speaking on the entries of June 24, 2012, he said the phone had five voice calls and one SMS message, adding that the SMS which was the last activity came in at 12.55 p.m. and the line was recharged at 7.58 a.m
He said from the log the phone was around the Oshodi-Isolo area from 6.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and the last voice call was 11.11 a.m.
He further explained that if there is a missed call or a call fails to connect, it will not appear on the call log and they can’t determine where the phone is except its on.
With his testimony, the prosecution closed its case paving way for Akolade to commence his defence and his counsel, Olanrewaju Ajanaku, informed the court that they have five defence witnesses.
Justice Okunnu adjourned the matter for the defence to open its case.