The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday denied its statement on prosecuting a former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, over an alleged $25,000 fraud.
The Commission had dragged Sani before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over an alleged $25,000 offered him by the proprietor of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda.
At the proceeding on Tuesday, the EFCC’s counsel tendered documents asserting that Sani was being prosecuted for $10,000 which was later published on the agency’s official Twitter page.
Consequently, Shehu Sani’s legal team led by Mike Ozekhome, representative of Femi Falana Chambers, sought to know if the accused was being prosecuted for $25,000 or $10,000.
Responding, the prosecution counsel urged the court to discountenance the official Twitter publication which was tendered, while Justice Ekwo stated that the court conducted the proceeding openly and journalists were at liberty to publish their stories.
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During cross-examination of witnesses by both prosecution and defence counsels, a star witness from the Guaranteed Trust Bank admitted that he transferred money from ASD Motors account to one Mr. Abubakar and not Shehu Sani.
He said: “My Lord, again, I say, the money in question was transferred to a domiciliary account belonging to Abubakar and not Shehu Sani.
Another witness, a Bureau de change operator, Abubakar Ahmed, said he has never seen Senator Sani when asked to identify the ex-senator if he changed foreign currencies to local currency for him.
Lawyers from the National Human Rights Commission and the Amnesty International were also in court as observers.
The case was adjourned till May 5, 2020.