{"id":299911,"date":"2023-12-06T22:42:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=299911"},"modified":"2023-12-06T22:42:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:42:57","slug":"efcc-closes-case-against-ex-governor-suswam-in-n3-1-billion-fraud-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/06\/efcc-closes-case-against-ex-governor-suswam-in-n3-1-billion-fraud-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC closes case against ex-governor Suswam in N3.1 billion fraud trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>EFCC accused them of diverting N3.1 billion proceeds from the state government\u2019s shares held on behalf of the state by the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited in some firms<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, concluded its case against Gabriel Suswam, a former governor of Benue State, in a money laundering trial involving N3.1 billion allegedly diverted from the state\u2019s treasury.<\/p>\n<p>EFCC lawyer, Oluwaleke Atolagbe, closed the prosecution\u2019s case after the eighth prosecution witness, Adewale Agunbiade, finished testifying before the trial judge, Ahmed Mohammed, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Suswam and his former finance commissioner, Omadachi Oklobia, were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on an 11-count amended charge in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>EFCC accused them of diverting N3.1 billion proceeds from the state government\u2019s shares held on behalf of the state by the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited in some firms.<\/p>\n<p>The case has lingered for eight years; journeying between two judges of the court \u2013 Mr Mohammed and Okon Abang, who has been elevated to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>During his testimony, Mr Agunbiade, a compliance officer at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), told the court that Mr Suswam operated two accounts with the bank, a naira account and a dollar account.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that over $200,000 was deposited in the dollar account between August 2014 and July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Agunbiade said Mr Suswam personally paid $175,000 into the account between 18 February and 2 July 2015, a total of $175,000 was paid in as a cash deposit at the Garki Area 11 branch in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>In aid of his case, the prosecution lawyer tendered some documents through Mr Agunbiade. The documents were statements of transactions in both accounts from January 2007 to 31 December 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Agunbiade detailed other transactions on the dollar account to include \u2013 an 8 August 2014, cash deposit of $10,000 by one Ibrahim A at a GTB branch at Ikoyi in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 11 August 2014, there was a cash deposit of $10,000 by Aremu at Garki, Area 3 branch; on 29 September 2014, a cash deposit of $10,000 was made by Ibrahim Sanni Magaji at Wapa, Kano branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 29 October 2014, a cash deposit of $10,000 paid by self was made at Garki, Area 11 branch in the FCT; on 30 October 2014, a cash deposit by self of $10,000 was made at Area 11 Garki branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 3 November 2014, a cash deposit of $10000 by self was paid at Area 11, Garki branch; on 17 February 2015, a cash deposit of $20,000 was made by self at Area 11, Garki branch,\u201d Mr Agunbiade disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>While being cross-examined by Mr Suswam\u2019s lawyer, Chinelo Ogbozor, the witness said he became a compliance officer at GTB in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He said there were substantial steady credit inflows into the dollar account from 14 September 2011 to 16 September 2015.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Agunbiade said the credit inflows between 2014 and 2 July 2015 were not unusual.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the two accounts were currently blocked, the witness said, \u201cI do not know the status of the accounts as of today, but I believe they were restricted at some point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know the circumstances under which the accounts were restricted. I do not know if there is a court order freezing the accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, Mr Oklobia\u2019s lawyer, Paul Erokoro, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), cross-examined the witness.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Agunbiade told the court that it was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/06\/70-of-nigerian-university-students-are-internet-fraudsters-efcc-chairman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFCC<\/a> that wrote GTB to demand information about the accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the transactions were in breach of any law, Mr Agunbiade said: \u201cI did not notice any infraction in the transactions in the accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution thereafter closed its case after Mr Agunbiade\u2019s testimony came to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Oklobia seeks no-case submission<br \/>\nMr Oklobia\u2019s lawyer, Mr Erokoro, told the judge that the erstwhile finance commissioner would make a no-case submission, which he said he could file within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A no-case submission is filed by a defendant at the end of the prosecution\u2019s case, asking the court for an acquittal without having him or her present a defence. 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