The fourth witness of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abeimense Ihcyeon, has told
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja that Shamsudeen Bala
Mohammed, son of Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, allegedly concealed
money and properties traced to him.
At the resumed sitting on
Thursday, counsel for the EFCC, Wahab Shittu, tendered the statement of the
witness against Shamsudeen as part of his trial for a 15-count charge bordering
on money laundering and false declaration of assets.
The witness, an officer of the
EFCC and an investigating officer in the matter, had in a statement dated May
17, 2017 revealed that Shamsudeen under interrogation concealed some of his
assets and failed to fully disclose them in the asset declaration form given to
him to fill.
The statement, which was
identified by the witness, was thereafter admitted in evidence against
Shamsudeen by the court as Exhibit SB24.
Under cross-examination by Chris
Uche (SAN), the witness further revealed how intelligence report alleged that
Shamsudeen was involved in shady activities, investigation of which
necessitated the need for him to declare his assets in the asset declaration
form.
Ihcyeon said: “My lord, sometime
in 2015, the EFCC received intelligence report on the defendant, the report led
to investigations in which we went to the address of the defendant to carry out
a search.
“During the search, various
sophisticated electronic gadgets including laptops, phones, cash of Fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000), Five hundred and eighty five thousand Naira
(N585,000.00) were discovered in his residence.
“My team leader, Mr. Dauda, who
had earlier testified in court, had requested that the defendant completes an
EFCC Asset Declaration Form A in which the defendant failed to disclose choice
plots of land, cash domiciled in Standard Chartered Bank in various currencies,
including Dollars, Pounds and Euro, within and out of Nigeria.
“We wrote to the banks requesting
the account opening packages, mandate and linked four other companies – Bird
Trust Argo Limited, Intertrans Global Logistics Limited, Diakin
Telecommunications Limited and Bal-Vac Mining Nigeria Limited to the defendant.”
Justice Dimgba adjourned hearing
to January 29 and 30, 2020.
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