Ijeoma Matilda, the sixth prosecution witness, PW6, in the ongoing trial of the Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Emmanuella Eteta Ita, has testified how the defendant allegedly diverted funds meant for stakeholders’ assignments to her private school account, Surestart School Ltd.
Testifying before Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, March 18, 2024, the witness revealed that Ita undertook some stakeholders’ assignments and the funds meant for the projects were traced into her account with the payment narration. She added that the same funds were sent directly into the account of the second defendant, Surestart School Ltd.
“I don’t know the standard practice of sourcing for funds before asking for reimbursement, and it is not within the scope of our investigation. All I know is that she undertook some of the stakeholders' events, and we saw that those monies that came from FIRS went directly into the account of the second defendant, and the description was that the assignment was not done.
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