BEVERLY HILLS, February 08, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has tendered bags of cash in local and foreign currencies, guns, among other items, allegedly recovered by operatives of the State Security Service from the house of Justice Adeniyi Ademola, before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja,
The items were tendered on Wednesday through the agency’s Exhibit Keeper, Umar Ahmed, who appeared in court as the 11th prosecution witness in the ongoing joint trial of Justice Ademola, a judge of the Federal High Court; his wife, Olabowale and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joe Agi, on charges which includes giving and receiving gratification to influence the course of justice.
Lead prosecuting counsel, Segun Jegede, led the witness in evidence and took his time to identify the various items which were brought into the courtroom by the DSS operatives.
Ahmed declared that the various sums of money, contained in three separate bags, were N54m; $171,779; €4,400; £80 and R1,010 (Indian Rupee).
Other items tendered through the prosecution witness included, two Avar Magnum Pump Action gun, bearing the names of Justice Ademola and another judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed.
There were also two cartridges – a red head of 25 pieces and a white head of 10 pieces, two iPads and an 8GB flash drive.
Umar said four mobile phones belonging to the judge were also recovered from the house but were returned to the judge after taking them to the lab for exploitation.
He revealed that apart from the total sum of N39.5m contained in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag, the rest of the cash and other recovered items were contained in sealed transparent cellophane bags with different identification numbers.
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