Ex-Aviation Tenders Board chairman, secretary not on trial over N1.4bn contract - EFCC witness

A witnesser of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Christopher Odofin, admitted connected Tuesday astatine the FCT High Court that the erstwhile Chairman of the Tenders Board of the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Abel Enitan, who awarded the declaration for the enlargement of the Katsina Airport Apron Extension, was not enactment connected proceedings by the anti-graft agency.

Enitan was the Permanent Secretary of the Aviation ministry astatine the clip the declaration was awarded to Al-Buraq Global Investment Ltd by the Federal Government.

The witnesser made this known to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory wherever a erstwhile Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, is being prosecuted by the EFCC connected alleged maltreatment of bureau successful the grant of contacts.

The witnesser who was transverse examined by Efut Okoi, counsel to the 2nd defendant, Fatima Hadi Sirika, besides admitted that the Director of Public Procurement, Musa Odiniya, who cleared the grant of the contract, was besides not enactment connected proceedings by the anti-graft agency.

He admitted that the imperishable caput and manager of procurement are some not lasting trial, adjacent though they are liable for each matters of procurement and the declaration award.

Okoi had asked the EFCC witnesser whether the president of the Tenders Board, who signed the declaration insubstantial and the manager of procurement, who endorsed the proces...