The trial of a former governor of Nasarawa State, Aliyu Akwe Doma, and two others, continued on June 23, 2016, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its ninth witness, as it closed its case against the accused persons.

Akwe Doma, alongside Timothy Anthony Anjide, a former Secretary to the State Government, and Dauda Egwa, a former Accountant-General, are being prosecuted by the EFCC on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering and financial crimes.

The accused persons between January 2007 and December 2009 allegedly conspired and fraudulently laundered state funds to the tune of N8bn, an offence contrary to Section 14(1)(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004 and punishable under section 14(1) of the same Act. At today’s hearing, PW 9, Abdulrazaq Salawu, an operative with the EFCC, told the court how he met the defendants, following different petitions and intelligence report received by the Commission. Led in evidence by Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, Salawu told the court that the investigation was carried out to establish the veracity of the allegations against the defendants.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/efcc-closes-fraud-case-against-ex-gov.html

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