Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, Abuja on April 4, 2019, admitted in evidence documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Limited, standing trial for an alleged N1.35 billion fraud.
The documents were tendered in evidence through the ninth prosecution witness, Ibrahim Nasir, a Relationship Manager with Polaris Bank (formerly Skye Bank), who was led in evidence by counsel for the EFCC, Chile Okoroma.
The documents include: Bamaina Aluminium Limited’s statement of account and certificate of identification; Bamaina Company Nigeria Limited’s account opening package; statement of account and certificate of identification; Speeds International Limited’s account opening package, statement of account and certificate of identification, and Mustapha Sule Lamido’s account opening package, statement of account and certificate of identification.
They were admitted in evidence by the court as Exhibits Z, Z1, AA series, BB1, BB2, CC series, DD, DD1, EE, FF and FF1 respectively.
Testifying further, Nasir told the court that the statements of account were generated from Polaris Bank’s computer systems where customers’ daily transactions are stored and computed.
“I compared the printout with what is on the computer,” Nasir added.
Under cross-examination by defence counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN, the witness affirmed that all the documents tendered and information contained “are true and correct”.
The matter was adjourned to April 5, 2019 for “continuation of trial”.