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A prosecution witness, Salihu Kadir, on Wednesday told the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) High Court that Aminu Baba-Kusa, a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), voluntarily wrote his statement and filled all columns himself.
Kadir gave the testimony in the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd),! for alleged money laundering.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Dasuki on a 32-count charge of criminal breach of trust, dishonest release and receiving various sums of money to the tune of N33.2 billion.
He was accused of misappropriating security funds in the accounts of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), alongside Baba-Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.
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The commission arraigned the four defendants afresh on, March 25 in a case that started in 2015.
The EFCC accused Dasuki, among others, of releasing the equivalent of N10billion in foreign currencies from the NSA’s account.
The account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the 2014 presidential primary election of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Dasuki and his co-defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Justice Charles Agbaza had ordered the trial -within-trial to ascertain the voluntariness of Amina Baba-Kusa’s statement.
The order was given following an objection raised by Solomon Umoh (SAN), Baba-Kusa counsel on the statement in evidence.
Kadir, the third prosecution witness (PW3), is an Assistant Commander II with the EFCC.
He was taken in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Oluwaleke Atolagbe.
The witness was asked to take a look at Exhibit “TWT A1-A7 ( statements of Baba-Kusa and tell the court what he knows about the recording of the statements
” I supervised the recording of the Exhibit A4, which was dated November 26, 2015. I administered the cautionary words,” he stated.
When asked to tell the court the circumstance of the recording of the statement, the witness said the statement was taken after a search was carried out and executed at the house and office of the second defendant.
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