The trial of Nigeria’s former Attorney General, Mohammed Adoke, took a another turn on September 11, when an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Abdulkareem Mustapha, said the nine million dollars he handed over to oil magnet, Aliyu Abubakar, was from the sale of a property to the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN).
Abubakar and Adoke are standing trial on a 14-count charge bordering on money laundering.
The witness who was led in evidence by the prosecutor, Bala Sanga, he was Abubakar’s agent in the transaction.
“I prepare documents for the sale of the property during the transaction; I collected the money and handed it over to the second defendant.
”The second defendant (Abubakar) has been my client for over seven years and I also represent his company, Equal Asset.
”After the money was handed over, a receipt was issued by the defendant stating that he received the said amount.
“Two million dollars, three million dollars, four million dollars and twenty four thousand dollars were given to Abubakar at different times and receipts were issued,” he said.
Earlier, a Bureau De Change operator, Farouk Suleiman, said he received N2 billion from Abubakar and converted part of it to dollars.
According to Suleiman, the cheque was drawn in the name of a firm, Equal Access, which he lodged in a Heritage Bank account belonging to Farsman Holding Limited.
