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N544million Grass-Cutting Scandal: Court Admits More Evidence Against Ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal
The witness informed that Josmon Technologies Limited was awarded the grass-cutting contract in March 2016 for the first phase of the contract at N272.4 million.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 22, 2021
A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Jabi has admitted more exhibits in evidence against a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal.
Trial Justice, Charles Agbaza, on Thursday admitted the exhibits which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, tendered through its second witness, Mr Hamza Buwai.
The former SGF is answering to 10 counts the EFCC entered against him and however pleaded not guilty.
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A prosecution witness on today told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) inadvertently did not approve consultancy contract for a company a former SGF, Babachir Lawal, is said to have an interest.
The witness, Hamza Adamu Buwai, who was the Head, Finance and Account of the Presidential Initiative on North East (PINE), stated this while testifying before Justice Charles Agbaza, sitting at Jabi, Abuja, in the alleged contract fraud charge brought against the former SGF and five others by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today called its first witness in the fresh trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engineer Babachir Lawal, before Justice Charles Agbaza of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Jabi, Abuja.
The defendants were re-arraigned on Monday, November 30, 2020, before Justice Agbaza by the anti-corruption commission alongside five others for an alleged N544million grass-cutting contract fraud following the death of Justice Jude Okeke, who was handling the case before he passed on on August 4, 2020.
The former SGF is standing trial alongside his younger brother, Hamidu David Lawal, who is a director of Rholavision Engineering Limited; an employee of the company, Suleiman Abubakar, and the Managing Director of Josmon Technologies Limited, Apeh John Monday and the two companies.