The Economic and Financial Crimes\nCommission (EFCC) in a dramatic twist has denied its statement that it was\nprosecuting a former lawmaker and human rights activist, Shehu Sani at the\nresumed hearing on Wednesday for an alleged $25,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The anti-graft agency has dragged\nthe former lawmaker before the Federal High Court presided by Justice Inyang\nEkwo over an alleged $25,000 offered him by the proprietor of ASD Motors,\nAlhaji Sani Dauda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Tuesday\u2019s hearing, the EFCC\u2019s\ncounsel tendered documents before the Court asserting that Shehu Sani was being\nprosecuted for $10,000 which was later published on the agency\u2019s official\nTwitter page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Armed with the contradictory\nstatement, Shehu Sani\u2019s legal team, Mike Ozekhome, representative of Femi\nFalana Chambers, sought to know if the accused was being prosecuted for $25,000\nor $10,000 which was the crux of the Tuesday\u2019s Court proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his response, the EFCC\u2019s\ncounsel urged the Court to discountenance the official Twitter publication\nwhich was tendered, but, Justice Ekwo explained that the court conducted the\nproceeding openly and journalists were at liberty to publish their stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Witnesses were, however,\ncross-examined by the prosecution and defence counsels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A star witness from the\nGuaranteed Trust Bank admitted in the open Court after taking an oath that: \u201cHe\ntransferred money from ASD Motors account to one, Mr. Abubakar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After being asked to be emphatic\nif it was Senator Shehu Sani\u2019s account, he said \u201d no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cMy Lord, again, I say,\nthe money in question was transferred to a domiciliary account belonging to\nAbubakar and not Shehu Sani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Bureau de change operator,\nAbubakar Ahmed who also testified at the instance of EFCC, said that, \u201cThe son\nof ASD Motors did call him sometime in November 2019 to their family house in\nMaitama to change the foreign currency which he did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bureau de change operator\nfurther told the Court that he has never seen Senator Sani in life when he was\nasked to identify him and to tell the Court if he ever changed foreign\ncurrencies to local currency for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawyers from the National Human\nRights Commission, and the Amnesty International were in Court as observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case was adjourned till May\n5, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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