Justice Charles Agbaza of an FCT High Court in Friday rejected evidence by a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.
The EFCC charged them with 10 counts of fraud relating to a contract awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the North-East for the removal of invasive plant species to the tune of N544 Million.Delivering a ruling, Justice Agbaza agreed with the defendants that the court in 2021 rejected some exhibits on the said phone.
The judge held that any oral evidence of the EFCC’s witness on the rejected exhibits would amount to hearsay since he was not the maker and did not sign them.
Good. BD Lawal is innocent
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