A prosecution witness on Thursday gave detailed accounts of how funds belonging to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) were allegedly diverted by some of its officials.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last April 7 arraigned former NAMA Managing Director/Chief Executive, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, at the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing N6.8billion.
He was charged along with former NAMA General Manager for Procurement, Olumuyiwa Adegorite, former General Manager, Finance, Segun Agbolade, former acting General Manager, ICT, Bolaniran Akinribido, Sesebor Abiodun, Joy Adegorite, Randville investment Limited and and Multeng Travels and Tours Limited.
EFCC said on August 19, 2013, the defendants, with intent to defraud, conspired amongst themselves to induce NAMA to deliver the sum of N2,847,523,975.00 to Delosa Limited, Air Sea Delivery Limited and Sea Schedules Systems Limited under the pretense that the money represented the cost of clearing NAMA’s consignments.
Testifying on Thursday, the witness, Ade Babatunde, a staff of Stanbic IBTC Bank, who was led in evidence by EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, gave an analysis of entries on an account statement of Segun Agbolade (third accused), with account number 9201060421
He told the court that between January 2 and January 3, 2013, there was a transfer of N13.1 million from Akinribido’s account to Agbolade.
He said the transfer came in tranches of N3.1 million on January 2, and in two tranches of N5 million each on January 3, 2013.
According to the witness, the balance on Agbolade’s account as at January 3, 2013 was N27.8 million.
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