EFCC PRESS RELEASE
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Â EFCC, on February 20, 2017 through its 14th witness presented more exhibits against a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, who is standing trial along Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption to the tune of N3.97 billion.Â
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While being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, the witness Olusegun Adegbite, a compliance officer with Zenith Bank, Maiatama, Abuja, told the court that the EFCC requested for documents with respect to the defendants.Â
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“The EFCC requested for documents related to Farsman Account, NAF payee account and Judah Oil Limited, specifically account opening documents, statements of account, and we responded,” he said.Â
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He identified the documents in court has having emanated from his office.
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The defence team raised no objections to the request of the prosecution to tender them as evidence.Â
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Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, thereafter accepted the documents in evidence and marked them as exhibits T97, T98, T99, T100 and T101.Â
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The trial has been adjourned to February 21, 2017.
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Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
February 20, 2017
