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Atuche: EFCC tenders More Exhibits
Newsdiaryonline Tue Dec 6,2011
Atuche
Justice Lateefaa
Okunnu has adjourned to tomorrow for further hearing on the
ongoing trial of Francis Atuche, former Managing Director/Chief
Executive Officer
of Bank PHB and his wife, Elizabeth Atuche and one Ugo Anyanwu
who are facing trial for alleged stealing and misappropriation
of fund.
At the resumed hearing today, counsel to EFCC Kemi Pinheiro,
SAN, tendered various documents which were admitted as exhibits.
He also called on a prosecution witness, Waidi Gbadamosi,a
representative of Bank PHB now Keystone Bank, who was subpoena
by the court.
However, Tony Idigbe, SAN, counsel to the Atuches objected to it
on the grounds that the subpoena was for the managing director
of Keystone Bank and so ought to be present in court. He said it
was not meant for the witness or to be transferred to someone
else and so wondered while the managing director was not in the
court. He therefore asked the court not to accept the subpoena.
However, Kemi Pinheiro urged the court to dismiss the
application of Idigbe saying the subpoena was not meant for the
managing director of the bank specifically but anybody which the
bank or the managing director of the bank deemed fit to
represent it at the court.
His argument was upheld by the court as Justice Okunnu
ruled that the subpoena was clearly directed at the position of
managing director of the bank but not specifically the person as
it was not a personal matter and so saw nothing wrong with
Gbadamosi being subpoena.
Gbadamosi who is an internal auditor with Keystone bank said
based on his schedule of duties, he liaise with
various department of the bank such as the information
department, internal control, credit unit and other department
to get the various documents which were tended in court. He said
the documents were also certified by various officers of the
bank to signify that they were authentic.
The bulky documents included statement of account of
Tradek limited, statement of account of Extra-oil, statement of
account of Petosan Oil and Gas Limited, Statement of account of
Future View Financial Securities Limited, Statement of Account
of Resolution Trust & Investment Limited, Statement of Account
of Falcon Securities, Extra Oil credit Approval form for the sum
of N3. 9 billion credit facility, Petosan Oil and Gas Limited
Credit approval form for the sum of N4 billion, Future View
Securities credit approval form for the facility of N4.5
billion, Tradjek Nigeria Limited Credit Approval form of N3.5
billion credit facility.
Some of the other documents were internal mails and
correspondence evidencing the instructions to transfer various
sums of money to Future View Securities including the transfer
of N2,390,625 billion
to Future View Securities Limited Intercontinental Bank
Plc Account , another N1,912,500 billion to Future View
Securities First Bank Plc account, 2,390,625,000 billion to
Future View Securities Limited Oceanic Bank Account
and a host of other documents. They were all admitted as
exhibit in the court. Some of these companies were purportedly
owned by Atuche and his wife.
Francis Atuche was first arraigned in 2009 for allegedly
stealing and misappropriating billions of naira when he was
managing director/chief executive officer of Bank PHB Plc.
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This is the document referred to in the Witness
Statement on Oath of Clifford O. Kokogho as
“Exhibit
COK.2”
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