The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told
an Abuja Federal High Court that the Office of the former National Security
Adviser, NSA, under Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) gave ex-Aviation Minister, Demi
Fani-Kayode N26m.
EFCC said the money sent to Fani-Kayode was meant to execute
some contracts but was diverted.
The Commission disclosed this through its operative and
third Prosecution Witness, Mohammed Goji, in an ongoing case against
Fani-Kayode.
Goji said the money was sent to Fani-Kayode in a
‘Ghana-Must-Go’ sack through his driver identified as Francis and his Personal
Assistant named Victor.
The Prosecution Witness, who was led in evidence by the
prosecuting counsel, Mr. Faruk Abdullahi, said: “My lord, we got an
intelligence report about a certain amount of money running into billions of
naira meant for contracts in the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
“Along the line, we discovered that N26 million was paid for
media consultancy for which there was no record that the project was executed.
“We wrote a series of letters to the Office of the NSA where
we got payment vouchers and proposals indicating how the said sum was paid.
“In the course of investigation we gathered that the
defendant, Fani-Kayode, directed his domestic servants comprising of his driver
by name, Francis and his personal assistant named Victor, to access the funds
from the NSA.
“They took the cash sum in a ‘Ghana-Must- Go’ bag from the
account section of the NSA and took it to the defendant’s residence as
directed.”
After listening to parties in the case, the Chief Judge of
the Court, Justice John Tsoho who is presiding over the matter, adjourned the
case till April 21 for the continuation of trial.
EFCC is currently prosecuting Fani-Kayode for benefiting
from the slush funds disbursed by the former NSA before the 2015 presidential
election.
As at the time Fani-Kayode received the money, he was the
Director of Media and Publicity of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s
campaign.
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