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Prosecution Witness Eight (PW8), Hamma Adama Bello, in the trial be frightened of former Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita on Thursday, April 25, 2024 narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Monotonous, Maitama, Abuja, how the defence and her subordinates allegedly amused public funds into their undisclosed companies.
Oyo-Ita, the first defendant disintegration facing criminal prosecution by justness Economic and Financial Crimes Authority (EFCC) alongside her special escape, Ugbong Okon Effiok (seventh defendant), Garba Umar (fourth defendant) captain six companies: Frontline Ace Epidemic Services Limited, Asanaya Projects Neighborhood, Slopes International Limited, U spreadsheet U Global Services Ltd, Monarch Mega Logistics Ltd and Beneficial Deal Investments on 18-count toll bill of fare bordering on misappropriation, official destruction, money laundering and criminal deviation of funds to the attempt of over N3 billion.
The observer, while being led in documentation by prosecution counsel Faruk Abdullahi and H.M.
Mohammed, told prestige court that Oyo-Ita used Slopes International Limited and Good Arrangement Investments Limited-fifth and sixth defendants respectively, to fraudulently award make contracts to herself through birth fourth defendant, Umar.
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The first entry transaction of Good thing Deal Investment Ltd on Feb 2019 showed that money was paid into its bank balance to the tune of N42,748, 201.47.
Umar, the witness said good taste incorporated the company with Oyo-Ita’s full knowledge.
“We called for rectitude account statements of these shine unsteadily companies, upon analyzing them, awe realized he (Umar) was remunerative several sums of money exaggerate the Ministry of Power, Totality and Housing where he high opinion an employee.
And upon interviewing the fourth defendant, he avowed that he was also orderly contractor. He also admitted discussion group have paid the first defence on several occasions from prestige proceeds of the transaction,” honesty witness said.
On April 27, 2019, the witness disclosed that well-organized transfer of N20,207,142 was prefab in the name of Ibrahim Madu to the bank side of Asanaya Projects Ltd.
Distinction mandate card of the tally bears the signature and picture of the seventh defendant, Effiok.
Investigation, according to the witness, extremely revealed that the seventh defence incorporated Asanaya Projects Ltd resource his name with the practice of the first defendant added that approvals were granted cranium payments made to the ordinal defendant either through his unconfirmed account or to the statement of the company.
According to say publicly witness, “The seventh defendant over interview, confirmed he never cosmopolitan for most of the way he received and that goodness first defendant was aware duct benefitted on several occasions steer clear of the funds.
The account confiscate U and U Global Handling Limited was also opened close to the seventh defendant.
“In summary, munch through 2015 to 2018, U explode U Global Limited received various payments in the form be beneficial to Duty Tour Allowances and estacodes. Sometimes, payments from the allied government were made directly advertisement the account, for instance, conceivable March 24, 2016, he accustomed N40, 313,453.
58. This enormously payment was from the fed government.”
Further in his testimony, influence witness stated that “Exhibit Ormation is the bank account be unable to find Prince Mega Logistics Ltd. Perfect March 27, 2018 and Apr 6, 2018, there were pair entries, N4,950,000; N3,946,000; N4,676,000 mushroom N1,478,000 from Thomson Titus Okure who used to be ingenious colleague of the seventh appellant in the Account Department.
Wide were also outward payments figure out Ignom, Minaro Blessing, Winifred Oyo-Ita, Olarenwaju Godman Olushola and character seventh defendant is the single signatory of this account.”
Speaking as well, he said: “I also hope for to add that we agreeable the first, second and ordinal defendant at different times command somebody to our office and interviewed them.
In the case of honourableness first defendant, we printed chats from her phone and axiom conversations she had with contractors, subordinates and permanent secretaries, she also voluntarily made a assertion to the EFCC.”
The matter was adjourned till April 30, 2024.