Mr Mubarak Isa, the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) witness, has advised a Federal Excessive Court docket (FHC), Abuja that Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, immediate-past Head of Service (HoS), didn’t disclose some property she owned in her asset declaration kind.
Isa, an Assistant Superintendent of EFCC, advised Justice James Omotosho on Friday whereas testifying because the seventh prosecution witness (PW7) within the on-going fraud allegation most popular towards Oyo-Ita and others.
The PW7 advised the court docket that he made the invention when he joined a staff of different EFCC investigators, comprising of Hamma Bello and Rukkayat Ibrahim, to research the ex-HoS.In accordance with the witness, someday in 2019, Oyo-Ita stuffed a declaration of belongings kind which was witnessed by Mr Tahir Mamman on the EFCC workplace.
”In the middle of investigation, we discovered that private accounts in First Metropolis Monument Financial institution, Warranty Belief Financial institution, ECOBANK; Frontline Ace International Ltd and Asanaya Tasks Ltd accounts in Zenith and Constancy Banks, all linked to Oyo-Ita weren’t disclosed within the kind.
“Evaluation into these accounts confirmed fee from Asanaya Tasks to Multipurpose Infrastructural Growth Firm.
“This necessitated an interview with the Managing Director, Mr Emmanuel Obiri, and he disclosed that he met with Oyo-Ita, who confirmed curiosity in proudly owning property in Lagos as a fallback after her retirement.
“A complete fee of N65 million was paid by different firms for 2 numbers of 4 bed room terrace and two numbers of outlets all in Lagos for the sum of N94 million.
“These properties have been additionally not disclosed within the asset declaration kind,’’ the witness advised the court docket.
When requested underneath cross examination if he was conscious Oyo-Ita was neither a director nor a shareholder within the two firms he talked about, the witness advised the court docket that he didn’t know.EFCC’s counsel, Halidu Mohammed, sought to tender the declaration kind as proof within the case which was not opposed by the defence legal professionals and Justice Omotosho admitted it as an exhibit.
Earlier, Mr Marvis Enabulele, a employees of Constancy Financial institution and the sixth prosecution witness (PW6), advised the court docket that the financial institution by no means reported any criminal activity on the account Oyo-Ita operated with them.
Enabulele, who tendered the assertion of account of Oyo-Ita in addition to that of Prince Mega Logistics Ltd in proof, stated that the correct process was adopted in opening the accounts.
The witness additional advised the court docket that he generated the paperwork by downloading the account assertion from the financial institution’s system after which ready a certificates of identification.
The decide admitted all of the paperwork tendered in proof and adjourned the matter till Jan. 23 and 26 for continuation of listening to.
The Information Company of Nigeria, (NAN) stories that Oyo-Ita and her co-defendants have been, on Jan. 18, 2023, arraigned by the anti-graft company on an 18-count cost of N3 billion graft.
She was arraigned alongside her Particular Assistant, Ubong Effiok; Frontline Ace International Providers Restricted; Asanaya Tasks Ltd; Garba Umar and his firms, Slopes Worldwide Ltd and Gooddeal Investments Ltd.
Different defendants embrace U & U International Providers Ltd, belonging to Mr Effiok, and Prince Mega Logistics Ltd.
They have been all arraigned for alleged fraud in relation to obligation tour allowance (DTA), estacodes, convention charges and receiving kickbacks on contracts.
The defendants all pleaded not responsible to the cost.
NAN stories that Oyo-Ita and her co-defendants have been earlier being tried earlier than Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a sister court docket earlier than he retired in July 2022.
They have been organized earlier than Justice Taiwo on March 23, 2020 on similar rely cost.