Alleged money laundering: Court shifts EFCC’s case against Obiano to Nov 13
07 October 2024 |
1:34 pm
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, shifted the alleged money laundering charge filed by the EFCC against former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano, to Nov. 13 for the continuation of trial. READ ALSO:Willie Obiano cooked Peter Obi’s goose in Anambra The matter, which is before Justice Inyang Ekwo, could not proceed because the court…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, shifted the alleged money laundering charge filed by the EFCC against former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano, to Nov. 13 for the continuation of trial.
The matter, which is before Justice Inyang Ekwo, could not proceed because the court did not sit.
The judge was said to be attending a seminar at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Ekwo had, on June 26, fixed today for the continuation of trial after the anti-graft agency’s lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, led two witnesses in evidence in the trial of the ex-governor.
A former commercial bank staff, Mr. Ugochukwu Otubelu, revealed how he managed the security vote account under Obiano’s government.
Otubelu, the 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3), said though he was with the bank between Nov. 2, 2008, and March 24, 2023, he is now a businessman.
He said that the signatories to the security vote account were the former Principal Secretary to the ex-governor, Willy Nwokoye, and the Accountant, Theophilus Nweze.
He said he interfaced with them mostly on a daily and weekly basis in processing their transactions.
The PW-3, who admitted that funds from the security votes account went into six companies’ accounts, said the money did not go to the account holders.
The EFCC also called Hayatu Hadejia, a Bureau De Change (BDC) operator as PW-4.
Hadejia told the court that he is a businessman, who runs BDC companies.
He said he had five companies and was invited by the EFCC as part of its investigations into the financial activities of the government of ex-governor Obiano.
After given his testimony and was cross-examined by Obiano’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, Justice Ekwo discharged him from the witness box and fixed Oct. 7, Oct. 8, Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 for continuation of trial.
NAN reports that Obiano was Anambra governor between March 2014 and March 2022.
The former governor, in a nine-count charge, was alleged to have among others, misappropriated over N4 billion from the state’s treasury.
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