The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a dramatic twist has denied its statement
that it was prosecuting a former lawmaker and human rights activist, Shehu Sani
at the resumed hearing on Wednesday for an alleged $25,000.
The anti-graft
agency has dragged the former lawmaker before the Federal High Court presided
by Justice Inyang Ekwo over an alleged $25,000 offered him by the proprietor of
ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda.
At Tuesday’s
hearing, the EFCC’s counsel tendered documents before the Court asserting that
Shehu Sani was being prosecuted for $10,000 which was later published on the
agency’s official Twitter page.
Armed with the
contradictory statement, Shehu Sani’s legal team, Mike Ozekhome, representative
of Femi Falana Chambers, sought to know if the accused was being prosecuted for
$25,000 or $10,000 which was the crux of the Tuesday’s Court proceedings.
In his response, the
EFCC’s counsel urged the Court to discountenance the official Twitter
publication which was tendered, but, Justice Ekwo explained that the court
conducted the proceeding openly and journalists were at liberty to publish
their stories.
Witnesses were,
however, cross-examined by the prosecution and defence counsels.
A star witness from
the Guaranteed Trust Bank admitted in the open Court after taking an oath that:
“He transferred money from ASD Motors account to one, Mr. Abubakar.
After being asked to
be emphatic if it was Senator Shehu Sani’s account, he said ” no.”
He said: “My Lord,
again, I say, the money in question was transferred to a domiciliary account
belonging to Abubakar and not Shehu Sani.
A Bureau de change
operator, Abubakar Ahmed who also testified at the instance of EFCC, said that,
“The son of ASD Motors did call him sometime in November 2019 to their family
house in Maitama to change the foreign currency which he did.”
The Bureau de change
operator further told the Court that he has never seen Senator Sani in life
when he was asked to identify him and to tell the Court if he ever changed
foreign currencies to local currency for him.
Lawyers from the
National Human Rights Commission, and the Amnesty International were in Court
as observers.
The case was
adjourned till May 5, 2020.
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