The trial of a former director in
the Police Pension Office, Esai Dangabar and others over alleged N14 billion
Pension Fraud, continued on Tuesday before Justice Hussen Baba Yusuf of the
Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja with a prosecution witness, a
former staff of Standard Chartered Bank, Mustapha Gadanya testifying on second
defendant’s asset declaration.
Gadanya affirmed in his testimony
that Veronica Onyegbula, who is standing trial in the alleged N14billion fraud
as the second defendant, declared her assets as required by law on February 14,
2012 and didn’t own millions of naira nor properties.
Led in evidence by prosecution
counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, Gadanya said Onyegbula only had N300,000 at hand on
joining the Police Pension Office.
“No amount of money held on her
behalf by trustee, membership, directorship, ownership, shareholding or related
interest in a company incorporated in Nigeria and outside Nigeria,” Gadanya
said.
The witness also said that the
second defendant had no other property except a plot of land in Umuahia, Abia
State before joining the civil service.
The defence counsel, Adegboyega
Awomolo (SAN) pleaded with the court to conduct the trial in absentia for
Dangabar, his client due to his health, which was objected to by Jacobs.
The prosecution counsel argued
that it was unconstitutional to proceed with a trial in the absence of the
defendant, suggesting rather an adjournment.
The judge adjourned the matter to
May 27, 2019.
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