A prosecution witness, Chris Okafor, on Wednesday narrated how Tom Awhana, a former head of the law firm of Mogbeyi Sagay, a late Senior Advocate of Nigeria , allegedly stole N188.7 million belonging to the firm.
The witness said that the law firm had two known bank accounts which were in Access Bank and Zenith Bank. “He handed over the cheque booklet to Mr Cliff Kokogho, one of the administrators,” the witness said. “He was reminded by the firm that he had some outstanding fees but he stated that he had paid over N18 million in fees to the firm.
Mr Okafor said he approached Mr Awhana to enquire if there were any accounts in the name of the firm and informed him of Mr Allen’s claims. “This account was fraudulently opened by the first defendant and he was the sole signatory to the account. There was no authorisation from the administrators of the estate to open these accounts after the death of Mogbeyi Sagay.
“Prof. Itse Sagay said that the matter should be reported to the authorities, and I was instructed to petition to the EFCC,” the witness said.
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