The Code of Conduct Tribunal,
CCT, Monday was treated with a rude shock as Onnoghen’s witness, Lawal
Olarewaju was uncovered with a piece of white paper allegedly programmed as his
memory aid.
This discovery followed a cross
examination by the prosecution counsel, Aliyu Umar, SAN.
Under cross examination, Umar
asked Olarewaju who is the defendant’s official driver what he was doing with
the piece of paper he saw him fumbling with inside the witness box.
In his words, “I saw you while
fielding questions from the defence counsel with a piece of white paper.
“What is it for and who gave it
to you?”
In response, the witness said,
“The piece of paper belongs to me. It is my own handwriting”.
This development caught the
attention of the CCT chairman, Danladi Umar who demanded to see the suspicious
paper and, eventually seized it as exhibit.
But fielding question from
journalists after adjournment, Umar hinted that the piece of paper found in
custody of the witness suggested he was a false witness.
He added, “The handwriting on the
paper does not also suggest that Olarewaju was as literate as he claimed.”
However, the defence counsel who
also vetted the piece of paper told the court he has no objection over the
paper found on Olarewaju.
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