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Ali Bello Vs. EFCC: Court adjourns hearing till May 22
Hearing in the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Ali Bello and another over an alleged N3billion fraud has been adjourned till May 22, 2023 for continuation of hearing.
Prosecution opened their case (FRN Vs. Ali Bello and another) against the defendant by calling two witnesses – a compliance officer from Zenith Bank, Daniel Udoh; and a compliance officer from the United Bank for Africa, Bananda Edward.
Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo (SAN) was lead counsel for the EFCC in the case filed with suit no FCH/ABJ/CR/550/2022.
The first witness tendered in evidence the bank statements of “Kogi State government overnment” and a certificate of compliance, which were admitted in evidence.
The defence counsel, A.M. Aliyu (SAN) objected to the admissibility of the two documents, stating that he would address his objection in his final written address.
During cross-examination, Udoh admitted that the bank statement he presented did not belong to the Kogi State government overnment but to the Government House administration, adding that he does not know the defendants in the matter.
He said he was not a staff in the IT department of his bank and was not involved in the entrying of the information that had been printed out as bank statement.
The second witness, Bananda Edward, a compliance officer with UBA, also tendered the statement of account of Kogi State Government House (Exhibit C) and the Certificate of Compliance (Exhibit D).
He gave an account of inflow and outflow from the said account from September 1, 2021 to April 2022.
The defence counsel objected to the evidence relating to Abdulsalam Hudu, Government House cashier, on the ground that he was not a defendant in the matter. He challenged it on the basis of relevance to the instant action and said his objection would be rraise his final written address.
Justice J.K. Omotosho adjourned the case to May 22, 2023 for continuation of hearing.
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CSO Salutes Trump
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.
“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.
“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.
The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.
He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.
According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.
Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.
Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening
About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.
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