Alleged N2.5bn switch over fraud: Court fixes date to rule on no-case-submission
of N2.5bn Federal Government Digital Switch Over project, has been fixed for March 26 for ruling by the Federal High, Abuja.
The Independent Corruption Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, in a 12-count charge, accused them of abuse of office, money laundering and misleading a public officer with the intent to defraud the federal government, in contravention of Section 26 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same law.
The lawyer lamented the failure of the prosecution to bring the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed to testify in court in a transaction he approved.The lawyer for first defendant applicant further said that the testimonies of the nine prosecution witnesses were contradictory and could be used as vital evidence by the court.
“My Lord, we therefore urge the court to discharge and acquit Kawu from further trial. We pray the court to uphold our no-case-submission’’, Mustapha said.
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