A witness in
the ongoing trial of former governor of Kogi state, Prince Abubakar Audu, Uchenna Agagara on Friday,
March 6, 2015 told Justice Adegbola O. Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory
High Court sitting in Abuja, that
several millions of naira totalling about N926m were lodged into Diamond
bank account of Bulkom Nigeria Ltd, between May 29, 2001 and July 23, 2003 when
Audu held sway as the governor of the State.
The
prosecuting counsel tendered a statement
of account from Diamond Bank showing the transactions of the lodgements which was admitted in evidence by the court
and marked exhibit P1 54a-b.
Agagara, a
relationship officer with Diamond Bank Plc, who is also the account officer of Bulkom Nig Ltd identified the
exhibit and further told the court that he printed the said statement from the
banks’ system when he was invited by the EFCC.
It is
alleged that the ex-Kogi state governor was stealing money from the First bank
account of Directorate of Rural Development of Kogi State and was lodging it into
the Diamond bank Plc account of Bulkom Nigeria Ltd, a company that handled most
of his building projects during his tenure.
The case has
been adjourned to March 31 and April 1 & 2, 2015 for continuation of
hearing.
Prince Audu is being
prosecuted alongside a former Director General of the Directorate of Rural Development
in his administration, Alfa Ibn Mustapha, for offences bordering on criminal
breach of trust and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of
N10,965,837,040 (ten billion, nine hundred and sixty five million, eight
hundred and thirty seven thousand and Forty Naira).
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