Fresh twist in $6bn Mambilla trial as witness addresses FEC document certification

A prosecution witnesser successful the ongoing proceedings of erstwhile Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, has explained the circumstances surrounding the certification of extracts from a Federal Executive Council, FEC, gathering linked to the arguable Mambilla Power Project contract.

The improvement was disclosed connected Wednesday during proceedings earlier Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja, successful the proceedings of Agunloye implicit the alleged fraudulent grant of the Mambilla Power Project declaration valued astatine $6 billion.

Agunloye is facing a seven-count amended complaint filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, bordering connected alleged authoritative corruption and the grant of the task to Sunrise Power Transmission Company Limited.

The witness, Iliya John Iyakwari, an Assistant Director of Legal successful the Federal Ministry of Justice who is presently serving arsenic an Assistant Legal Adviser successful the Federal Ministry of Power, testified during cross-examination by defence counsel, Adeola Adedipe, SAN.

According to Iyakwari, the EFCC requested certified extracts of the minutes of the FEC gathering held connected May 21, 2003 successful July 2023, but the documents initially forwarded to the Commission were not certified.

The EFCC aboriginal discovered the documents were not certified and returned them to the ministry.

“It was aft it was received by EFCC successful July 2023...