A witness has narrated how Olu Agunloye received N5.2 million in the alleged $6 billion Mambila Power Project contract fraud
A prosecuting witness in the trial of Olu Agunloye over the $6 billion Mambila Power Project contract fraud on Monday, June 10, 2024, narrated how the former Minister of Power and Steel received the sum of N5.2m. Appearing before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital City High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, the…
EFFC in a statement on Thursday said the witness, Adebayo Ilori who is a compliance officer with Guaranty Trust Bank while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Abba Mohammed, disclosed that “Sometimes in October 2022, the bank received a letter from EFCC requesting for some information on the account opening package, statement of account and certificate of identification on two customers, Olu Agunloye and Jide Sotirin.
“The bank further prepared a covering letter and certificate of identification with the requested documents, which was signed by Wale Agunbiade, and then dispatched to the EFCC.” Ilori further disclosed that on October 22, 2019, he transferred N500,000.00 to Agunloye and equally did so on November 13, 2019, to the tune of N1,121,000.00.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
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