A prosecution witness, Teslim Ajuwon, a
Compliance Officer with Zenith Bank Plc, in the ongoing trial of
Ibrahim Abdulsalam, a former Managing Director,
Nigeria Airspace Management
Agency, NAMA, on Friday, June 22, 2018, told Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal
High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how the defendants laundered the Agency's
funds.
Abdulsalam is facing trial alongside Nnamdi Udoh
(still at large), Adegorite Olumuyiwa, Segun Agbolade, Clara Aliche, Joy
Ayodele Adegorite, Randville
Invesment
Limited and Multeng Travels and Tours Limited for conspiring to induce the
Agency to deliver the sum of N2.8bn to Deposit Limiter, Air Sea Delivery
Limited and Sea Schedule Shedukee Systems Limited
under the pretext that the money represented the cost of clearing NAMA's
consignments.
At the resumed hearing June 22, Ajuwon
told the court that his bank received a request from the EFCC
between February and May, 2016 , asking for the account opening
documents, statements of accounts and certificate of identification of the 6th,
8th, 10th and 12th defendants, and that the bank responded accordingly
Led in evidence by
the prosecution counsel, Nnemeka Omewa, the witness narrated how
Abdusalam used an account of a staff of NAMA, one Felicia Nnenna, to
launder the Agency's funds via the accounts of the 9th defendant, Multeng
Travels and Tours Limited and Agbolade.
He said: “On January
2, 2013, there was an inflow of N9.8million and another inflow of N8.5million
into the NAMA account.
"The sum of
N5.7million was transferred into Nnenna’s account on the same date, while two
outflows of N15.3million and N10million were made into the account
of the 9th defendant, Multeng, on January
8, 2013.
"There
was also an inflow of N8.6m into NAMA account, while N2.5million
was transferred into Nnenna’ account on the same day. "
The witness also
told the court that, on March 11, 2013, a sum of N10.9million was
transferred into the account of the 3rd defendant,
Agbolade, adding that " On March 13, 2013, an inflow of
N2.9million was made into NAMA account and the
same amount was moved to the account of the 9th defendant,
Multeng, on the same date.
"Another inflow of N3.3million
was also made into the NAMA account and N2.9m was transferred from the money to
the 3rd defendant's account.
"There was a cash
withdrawal of N500, 000 by Nnenna on the same date”.
Giving further evidence,
Ajuwon added that "There was an inflow of N9.8m into the NAMA account
on April 23, 2013.
" Also, there was an inflow of
N12.6million and another N7.2 million into the NAMA account on May
24, 2013.
" The sum of N25.5 million was
transferred into Agbolade's account on May 27, 2013.
" Finally, there was a
N17.2million inflow into the NAMA account on June 19, 2013 .
"The sum of N17 million was
transferred to the 3rddefendant, Agbolade, on June
20, 2013."
The case was adjourned to
October 8, 2018 for continuation of trial.
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