Three witnesses narrated before a
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, how former Minister of Interior, Patrick
Abba Moro allegedly created an e-recruitment portal to fraudulently collect
funds from job applicants.
The witnesses are reportedly
Adeniyi Adebayo, the 12th prosecution, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, former
permanent secretary in the ministry of interior and Felix Alayebami, an
ex-director in the same ministry.
Moro
was not alone in the trial but with Drexel Tech Nigeria Ltd.
It would be recalled that the
suspects have been under prosecution over alleged money laundering and
procurement fraud.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren
said this in a statement in Abuja.
Adebayo, an operative of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, while being cross-examined by
counsel of the first defendant, Paul Erokoro, SAN, pointed out that Moro and
Drexel Tech Nig. Ltd did not follow the rules of the Procurement Act.
He noted that the contract
agreement was done with Drexel Tech Global Ltd but that Drexel Tech Nig. Ltd
was used to execute the contract which it did not bid for.
The witness also revealed that
the board of Immigrations, Fire Service, Civil Defence, and Prisons was not
carried along in the contract award process. This act, according to Adeniyi,
constituted an abuse of office on the part of Moro.
But Presiding Justice Nnamdi
Dimgba has adjourned the matter to November 25, for the continuation of the
cross-examination of the witness.
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