Michael Wetkas, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, April 20, revealed that some documents
relating to the transactions on the foreign bank accounts of the Senate
president got burnt.
He disclosed this at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), while being
cross examined by Paul Usoro, one of the counsels to Bukola Saraki, the
Senate president. Wetkas was asked to clarify some accounting
transactions but mentioned that he did not have it. He explained that the
Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) issued an affidavit for those documents
showing that the transactions existed. Usoro asked that the affidavit be
produced but when Wetkas flipped through his documents, he realised it
was not there when he said maybe it was part of the documents that got
burnt.
From your experience there should be another document indicating that the
funds have been transferred,” said Usoro.
But the other member of the panel interrupted and asked Usoro if the
questions are relevant which he replied that they were.
However, Wetkas replied that there was indeed an affidavit but said he had
not seen the document. He said: “Although the affidavit is not here but
the bank furnished us with an affidavit.
“Several telexes from American Express and facts are here from the
American Express Bank. “All the transfers request made by the
investigating team to provide information was an off shoot of the debit
transaction that were already consummated on that account which showed
that the bank carried out “There is no doubt that the transaction was
actually carried out by American Express Bank.” It will be recalled that
on Monday, April 18, Wetkas claimed that Saraki bought a property for
N522m, which he failed to declare it at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
He claimed the property was bought in the name of Tiny Tee Limited from a
Presidential Implementation Committee on landed property between 2006 and
2007. He said the part payment was from GTB account of Carlie Properties
and Investment Ltd.