Saraki: Blackout forces tribunal adjourn till 18 April

Saraki: Blackout forces tribunal adjourn till 18 April

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 6:00 pm


He also disclosed  details  of how money  moved in and out of Saraki’s  accounts, to sidetrack Nigeria’s money laundering laws.

Naira currency account:. The first date of transaction on the account was 23, March, 2005 when there was cash lodgement of N10 million by one Abdul who was discovered to be Personal Assistant of the defendant.

Weskat said on 24 March, 2005, there was a cash deposit by the same Abdul of N8.2 million.

On 29 March, there was a transaction of  N240m in favour of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Sale of Government Properties. It was a draft for the purchase of property from the Implementation Committee.

Also, on same  29 March, there was a loan disbursement of N200 million which preceded the bank draft.

On 16 October  2006, there was a disbursement of a loan of N380 million and the same day, there were 2 bank drafts in favour of the Implementation Committee combined in one transaction for the sum of N256, 312,815- the total sum of the two drafts.

On 16, October, 2006, there was another draft of N12.8 million also in  favour of the Implementation Committee. Wetkas said the drafts are meant for purchase of property from the implementation Committee by the defendants. On 5, February, 2007, there was a loan disbursement by GTB into the account of the sum of N380 million.

How the Account was funded /Repayment of Loan

On 27, Feb 2007, there was a cash deposit by Josiah Samuel of N3 million.

Then on 3 April, 2007, there was telegraphic transfer of N180. 625million. It was done on the instruction of the defendant as part payment for another property from the Implementation Committee.

On 5 Sept 2007, one Ubi made cash lodgements in five tranches for the sums of N11 million, N20 m, N20 m, 20m, and N6 million, making N77 m in one day.

The account was in debit balance of N81, 960,289.12 before the lodgement.

On 22, November, 2007, there was cash lodgement into the account by Abdul Adama in 50 different transactions making a total of N45m. Before the lodgement, the account was in debit balance of over N80 million.

On 29 Nov, there was also cash lodgements by Ubi in over 20 transactions and the total sum is about N20 million.

On 4 March, 2008, there was cash lodgement by different individuals.

Before then, the account was in deficit of over N96m.

On I8, April, 2008, cash lodgements by several individuals with different names.

On 23, Sept. 2008, there were several cash lodgements also by different individuals.


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