By Robert Egbe
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday heard that in 2015, the
Ministry of External Affairs paid N800 million into the account of
a firm, Jointrust Dimension Ltd without a contract.
A prosecution witness, Mr Shehu Shuaibu, stated this at the
resumed trial of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and
others facing N4.6 billion money laundering charge.
Fani-Kayode’s co-defendants are a former Minister of State for
Finance, Nenandi Usman, Yusuf Danjuma, a former Chairman of the
Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON).
Jointrust Dimension Ltd is the fourth defendant.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred a
17-count charge against the defendants.
They each pleaded not guilty and were released on bail.
The EFCC opened its case and Shuaibu is the third prosecution
witness.
During examination in chief by prosecution counsel Mr Rotimi
Oyedepo, the witness told Justice Rilwan Aikawa his findings while
investigation the allegations against the defendants.
He said investigations revealed that the N800 million was paid
into Jointrust Dimension Ltd’s account on January 16, 2015
The witness said the money came from the Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA), adding that the signatories to the account were one
Darbisu and Benjamin, both former staff of the Ministry, but
employees of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
He further testified that on January 13, 2015, N400 million was
paid by the Ministry into the same Jointrust account.
Shuaibu averred that investigations revealed that there were no
contracts between the Ministry and the company to warrant such
payment.
During cross examination, defence counsel Mr Ferdinard Orbih
(SAN) asked the witness who was the author of the entries in
exhibit Eight and the witness replied that it was the Ministry.
Orbih asked: “So you agree that neither of the defendants had
any input in making the entries in exhibit eight”.
“No. they don’t”, the witness answered.
When further quizzed to confirm if there exists in the said
exhibit, words like Ministry of External Affairs and
Ministry of Foreign Affairs , the witness replied: “No”.
He explained that the words were abbreviated to read MEA and
MFA.
The judge adjourned further proceedings till October 31.
In the charge, the defendants were alleged to have committed the
offences between January and March 2015.
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Minister of
Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare
The minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare
restated that the administration of His Excellency, President
Muhammed Buhari encourages and supports any platform that enhances
the development of sports and youth, especially African Youth
- According to him, the approved African Union Sports Council
Region 2 Strategic plan 2017 – 2024 lays emphasis on training and
retraining of Youth and Sports Administrators. - The Honourable minister who was ably represented by the
Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola, made this known while
declaring open the Young Leaders in Sports Capacity building
seminar in Abuja. - The overall objective of the seminar is to train trainers from
the African Union Sports Council Region 2 member States on
leadership and managerial skills, who in turn will transmit the
acquired knowledge to young leaders in sports in their respective
countries, the minister added. - Hon. Dare seized the opportunity to congratulate the nominees
for being chosen to be pioneer beneficiaries of this all important
and rewarding seminar. - In his opening remarks, the General Manager, AUSC Region 2,Mr.
Caleb Gidado said that the African Union Sports Council in
collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports
Development, Nigeria is spearheading the seminar to groom young
sports administrators who will take over the mantle of leadership
in the sports sector in the nearest future. - Young Leaders in Sports Capacity building seminar with the
theme,”Creating opportunity for youth empowerment through sports “,
is aimed at repositioning the status of leadership in regional,
continental and international sports movements for productivity,
growth and development. - The seminar has youth representatives from 15 ECOWAS Countries,
and will run for three days.
Ngozi Obiechina
Information Officer
For: Director, Press