Alleged Fraud: Nigerian Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Denies Detaining Ex-Attorney-General Adoke’s Co-Defendant During Investigation | Sahara Reporters

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Lawal, who is the 2nd prosecution witness in the trial-within-trial of the money laundering charge brought against Abubakar and Adoke by the anti-corruption commission, disclosed to Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja that the EFCC never detained Abubakar while he was undergoing investigation

An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Aminu Lawal on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the anti-graft agency had never detained Aliyu Abubakar, a co-defendant in the trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation , Mohammed Adoke, during the investigation of the case.

He stated that the defendant was never forced to make statements or induced to implicate others in the course of the investigation. When Olujimi asked the witness to explain how his client was invited for questioning on January 25, 2020, he said “Abubakar was called and he came with his lawyer, Yusuf Ahmed”.But the senior lawyer further asked Lawal to tell the court where his client was between January 2, 2020, and January 27, 2020, insisting that he was detained by the agency.

 

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