Nigerian High Court Revokes Bail Granted Ex-Accountant General, Idris’ Co-defendant
The EFCC said Usman, who was the Director of the Federation Account, and one Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, in plot with the previous AGF, redirected N109.4 billion in broad daylight subsidizes through the record of an organization, Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited, which is the third litigant for the situation.
AFederal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Maitama has disavowed the bail allowed to Mohammed Usman, the third respondent in the 14-count tax evasion charge documented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against previous Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris.
The EFCC said Usman, who was the Director of the Federation Account, and one Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, in plot with the previous AGF, redirected N109.4 billion in broad daylight supports through the record of an organization, Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited, which is the third litigant for the situation.
Vanguard reports that following the disappointment of the third litigant to show up in court on time, preliminary Justice Adeyemi Ajayi repudiated his abandon Tuesday.
Usman was absent when the preliminary Judge entered the court around 9:20 a.m., yet his legal advisor, Ibrahim Ishaku, SAN, informed the court that he was stranded in rush hour gridlock.
Disappointed with the clarification, Justice Ajayi disavowed the litigant’s bail and requested his imprisonment at the Kuje jail.
It will be recalled that on July 28, the court conceded the previous AGF bail in the amount of N5 billion with two guarantees, one of whom should be a chief and the other a long-lasting secretary.
The court additionally allowed bail to the second and third respondents in the amount of N2 billion each, with two guarantees who should be chiefs.
Equity Ajayi expressed that she was leaned to embrace the agreements of the EFCC’s all’s past authoritative bail conceded to the respondents.
As a feature of the circumstances, the litigants were banned from leaving Abuja, despite the fact that they were requested to give up their global visas and make a deal to avoid getting substitute international IDs while the case was forthcoming.
The litigants were likewise requested to sign an affirmation of confirmation that they would follow all of their bail conditions.
Mr. Hayatudeen Ahmed, the main indictment witness, affirmed under the watchful eye of the court about how the respondents supposedly took N84.7 billion out of $2.2 billion implied for nine oil-delivering states.
The observer, an insightful official, expressed that the ex-AGF was captured because of an examination concerning a request recorded against him by the Federal Treasury Concerned Staff Association.
He let the court know that an examination uncovered that after the Federal Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, endorsed $2.2 billion for the nine oil-creating states, the litigants subtly redirected N84.7 billion out of it dishonestly.
He let the court know that an organization established continuously litigant, Akindele, a previous AGF’s specialized partner, was supported as the sole expert for the arrangement.
As per the observer, the respondents pulled out assets from FAAC’s Escrow account and conveyed them to themselves as well as other people, including a previous legislative head of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, and a previous representative legislative head of Abia State, Chuks Akomas.
He affirmed in court that his group of examiners found that the previous AGF utilized his own portion of the plunder to purchase properties like the Gezawa Commodity and Exchange Market Ltd, Gezawa Integrated Farms Ltd, and Kano City Mall, some of which he asserted were procured for the sake of the previous AGF.
Driven in proof by EFCC legal counselor, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, the PW-1, said his group had throughout the examination, grilled a few people, including a Kano-based Bureau-de-Change administrator, Beta. I. Kurah, whom he said conceded that he got over N1.3bn from the previous AGF, all in real money and in US dollars.
He said the BDC administrator similarly uncovered that he made a few installments, including the amount of N208m, into the record of Gezawa Commodity and Exchange Market Ltd, in Jaiz Bank.