The trial of the seven persons accused
of complicity in the over N24 billion scam in the police pension office resumed
today, February 10, 2016 before Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf of the Federal
Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja with prosecuting
counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, leading the fourth prosecution witness, Mustapha
Gadanya, in evidence.
Gadanya a
former staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, recalled the
evidence he gave in court in December 2014, where he revealed that the Police
Pension Office could not provide vouchers to authenticate payments amounting to
N9.7billion made to Veronica Onyegbula , the 4th accused person in
the case, between 2007 and 2008.
On the first defendant Esai
Dangaba, Gadanya told the court that a search warrant executed on his company, AMT Global Concept at Jabi Abuja yielded
several incriminating evidence. The
value of some of the recovered documents and financial instrument ran into billions
of naira.. These includes; copies of cheques drawn from the account of Esai
Dangaba, a draft of FCMB issued to AMSAR Int’l, Fixed deposit slips of N198million
for AMD Global Concept, Company papers
of Damule Nigeria Limited, future Logistics Technology, Marine Logistics and
Leisure Integrated Limited, document of one billion naira worth investment from
Skye Bank among others. These were tendered by prosecution and admitted in
evidence by the Judge as Exhibits P11, P11A to P11J. Exhibit P11E-J,
P11F, P11G, P11H, P11I, and P11J.
The
witness further testified that a letter was written
to FCMB to furnish the team with bank statements and instruments used in
crediting and debiting the account and other relevant documents of Damule
Nigeria limited. From the bank’s
response it was discovered that the directors of the company were no other than
the wife and two sons of Esai Dangaba, the first accused, using the names Milly
Lamura, Yila Lamura(deceased) and Mela Lamura.
“ While reviewing the
Drivers License and account mandate card, we discovered the picture of “Mela
Lamura” turned out to be Mela Esai Dangaba, Yila Lamura is actually his late
son and Milly Lamura is the first accused wife.”, Gadanya said.
Meanwhile, the witness
disclosed that the Federal Road Safety Commission, in response to a request by
the EFCC, replied that the drivers’ license used in opening the accounts were
not issued by it.
The license were
tendered and admitted in evidence.
The witness also revealed
that analysis of Damule account showed a turnover of seven billion, six hundred
and ninety one million seven hundred and twenty eight thousand, six hundred and
forty one naira thirteen kobo (N7,691,728,641.13k), between March
18, 2009 to February 24, 2010 with most of the inflow occurring Dangabar was
director of the police pension office.
He disclosed that the
account recorded cash deposit of N233 million on April3,2009 in 40 different
tranches between N2 to N2.5million. “we discovered that between April 1,
2009 to 18 February, 2010 over N971m was fixed into deposit account by the
defendant in FCMB…, over N983million was transferred to another account of same
Damule in Skye bank, ” Gadanya said.
The
accused persons Esai Dangabar, Atiku Abubakar Kigo,
Ahmed Inuwa Wada, Mrs. Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula, Sani Habila Zira, Uzoma Cyril
Attang and Christian Madubuke were all present court.
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