…Weapons found in my house belong to NSA office – Dasuki
PROSECUTION counsel in the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki, Mr. Michael Wetkas, yesterday, told the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that there are no official documents linking Senate President, Bukola Saraki to the ownership of London property in which he (Saraki) is facing trial.
Wetkas, who is an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this during cross-examination by Saraki’s counsel, Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN). He said the prosecution only obtained unofficial information of the London property from their foreign partners in London and added that the partners promised to oblige them with the official documents of the property, but, they were yet to do so. “In our investigation, we normally receive unofficial information from our foreign partners,” he said.
In addition, he also informed the tribunal that Saraki used the N375 million obtained from GTBank to buy House No. 7 and 8, whittaker Street, London in 2011 and 2015 respectively. Wetkas further said the tilled number of the House No. 8, is NGL802235 and the second property Number is NGL802661.
The witness said he had requested from the GTBank to oblige him with the details of the property and the address. He said the bank told them that the addresses of the property were not disclosed to them. Wetkas said from the loan documents attached showed that the N375miilion loan collected by Saraki from GTBank and the narration indicates that he used the said money to buy property in London.
“When we see the statement on the mortgage redemption transfer telex, we are convinced that the defendant used the funds to acquire property in London,” he said. However, EFCC counsel Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) lamented the pace in which the defence was handling the case and accused the defence of attempting to confuse and demoralise the witness.
CCT Chairman, Mr Danladi Umar, adjourned the case till May 25 for continuation of cross examination.
Meanwhile, detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Muhammadu Sambo, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the weapons found in his Asokoro residence barely 48 hours after he left in 2015 belonged to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
The weapons, according to him, were for the use of the security details attached to him as the NSA for protection purposes. His position was contained in his statement he made to the operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) which was tendered and admitted as exhibit by Justice Adeniyi Ademola in the ongoing trial of Dasuki on charges of unlawful possession of arms.