{"id":78495,"date":"2021-02-17T15:29:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=78495"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:29:58","slug":"n1-4bn-oil-subsidy-fraud-court-to-rule-on-admissibility-of-evidence-against-nadabo-energy-feb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/n1-4bn-oil-subsidy-fraud-court-to-rule-on-admissibility-of-evidence-against-nadabo-energy-feb-23\/","title":{"rendered":"N1.4bn Oil Subsidy Fraud: Court to Rule on Admissibility of Evidence against Nadabo Energy Feb 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m74025\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Justice C.A. Balogun of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on February 16, 2021 adjourned till February 23, 2021 to rule on the admissibility or otherwise of a set of two documents, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC seeks to tender against Abubakar Ali Peters, and his company, Nadabo Energy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Peters and his company are being prosecuted by the EFCC for allegedly using\u00a0forged documents to obtain N1, 464,961,978.24 from the Federal<br \/>\nGovernment as oil subsidy after allegedly inflating the quantity of premium\u00a0motor spirit, PMS purportedly supplied to 14,000MT.<\/p>\n<p>They pleaded &#8220;not guilty&#8221; to the charge preferred against them.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth prosecution witness, Abdulrasheed Bawa, an EFCC investigator, had identified the two documents as email correspondence between him and Ullrich\u00a0Afini Awani of Global Commodities Africa and the Certificate of<br \/>\nIdentification.<\/p>\n<p>Led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, S.K. Atteh, the witness told the Court that in the course of investigating the allegation against the defendant, Awani was interviewed and he confirmed that &#8220;one Mr. Jide Ofor Akpan was the broker of the said vessel during the said transaction&#8221;. Subsequently, Bawa further engaged Awani through email<br \/>\ncorrespondence, which the prosecution now applied to be admitted against the\u00a0defendant.<\/p>\n<p>When Atteh, however, sought to tender the documents, the defence raised objections\u00a0to its admissibility arguing that the said email<br \/>\ncorrespondence was not in the proof of evidence and that the witness ought\u00a0to orally authenticate the process.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, Atteh informed the Court that the said email correspondence was in fact, filed as additional proof of evidence against the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The email correspondence sought to be tendered were filed as additional proof of evidence in an amended information dated 22nd November 2013,&#8221; he\u00a0said, as he showed a copy to the defence.<\/p>\n<p>On the contention raised against the Certificate, Atteh cited several authorities, and argued that &#8220;the Certificate is in order and it suffices\u00a0and so doesn&#8217;t need anything to be added to it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, Justice Balogun adjourned for ruling and continuation of hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice C.A. 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