Statements implicating Adoke in alleged $4m money laundering not made under duress - EFCC tells court

Aliu Abubakar, implicating a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke in alleged $4 million money laundering charges, were not made under any threat or duress.

Following the allegation, counsel to Adoke, Mr Paul Erokoro, SAN, had objected vehemently to the admission of the statements against his client prompting the court on December 6, 2021, to order for trial within trial to ascertain the allegations. The EFCC’s witness further told the court that Abubakar was always accompanied by two lawyers, Ameh Audu and Peter Ayuba, as well as his choice relatives while making the statements.

The witness read out a portion in the open court where Abubakar wrote that his lawyer, Ameh Audu be allowed to record the statement on his behalf because he has confidence in him, adding that the lawyer up till now had not made any complaint of threat, inducement or duress.The anti-graft agency is prosecuting the erstwhile AGF alongside an oil mogul, Mr Aliyu Abubakar, on a 14-count charge.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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