SAN FRANCISCO, February 21, (THEWILL) – A Prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of ex- Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh has told the Federal High Court, Abuja that his team recovered one million dollar cash from Badeh’s house.
Badeh is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on money laundering charges which he allegedly committed while serving as Chief of Air Staff.
The witness, Goji Mohammed, the 15th witness to testify for the EFCC in the trial, said he was part of the EFCC team, led by Isyaku Sharu, that conducted the search in Badeh’s house in Asokoro, Abuja.
The witness also said the team recovered some bank documents, land documents, tax documents and few other instruments adding that the commission received intelligence report on another property located at No. 6 Ogun River Street Maitama, which was found to be Badeh’s property.
“We accessed the building through the balcony by climbing, and invited the security man of the neighbouring house to witness the search,” he said.
“When we climbed in, we were in the living area upstairs so we used the stairs and went to the living area downstairs and started our search from there.
“When we got to the biggest room in the house, we saw a wardrobe, on opening it, we saw a bag and on opening it contained foreign currency.
“We saw 16 bundles of 50 US dollars notes and two sealed bundles containing 100,000 US dollars which we estimated to amount one million US dollars.
“On further counting the money in our office we discovered it was exactly one million dollars.”
The presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang, however, adjourned the matter till Feb. 22 for continuation.
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