EFCC, Sule Lamido clash over witness in N1.35bn fraud trial

A disagreement broke retired successful tribunal on Tuesday between erstwhile Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) implicit a witnesser summoned to attest successful his ongoing N1.35 cardinal wealth laundering case.

The EFCC is prosecuting Lamido alongside his sons, Aminu and Mustapha, arsenic good arsenic Aminu Wada Abubakar and 2 companies implicit alleged fiscal crimes.

At the resumed proceeding earlier Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court successful Abuja, the defence squad requested further clip to talk with an EFCC researcher who had been brought to tribunal nether subpoena.

However, EFCC counsel Chile Okoroma opposed the request, arguing that each documents requested by the defence had already been submitted to the court.

Instead of granting an adjournment, the justice suspended proceedings for an hr to let the defence to conscionable with the witness.

When the proceeding resumed, the witnesser told the tribunal that helium was not portion of the squad that investigated the case. He said helium had lone been instructed to hunt for documents ...