The evidence of a witness in the ongoing trial of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Haliru Bello and his son, has revealed how over N200million transaction were recorded in two days in the account of a company connected to the defendants.
The witness, Jasper Chukwuemeka Iheme, gave this revelation on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 while testifying as the fifth witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice A. R Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Bello and his son are on trial alongside their Company, Bam Project and Properties Limited, on a 4-count charge of MoneyLaundering preferred against them by the EFCC.
They were alleged to have collected N300million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, being part of the funds meant to fight insurgency in the North-East of the country.
Iheme, a banker with Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, and Haliru's account officer revealed the shady bank transactions while being led in evidence by O. A. Atolagbe, counsel to EFCC.
Justice Mohammed, thereafter, adjourned to May 21, 2017 for continuation of trial.
Thereafter, counsels to Haliru and his son made applications urging the court to grant their clients access to their international passports to enable them meet medical appointments in the United Kingdom.
Justice Mohammed, in granting the applications said that, the two passports cannot be released at the same time. “Since the first defendant’s (Haliru) medical appointment comes first, his passport should be released to him. The release of the third defendant’s (Mustapha Mohammed) passport shall only be done after the first defendant has returned from the trip and has deposited his passport to the registrar of the court.
It is only then that the third defendant’s passport shall be released to him. Just like the first defendant, the third defendant sureties shall file their affidavit before the passport is released to him”, the judge ruled.
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