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Grass-cutting scam: Babachir asks court to reject EFCC documents Friday Olokor, Abuja Friday Olokor, Abuja Published 2 April 2021 A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Thursday asked a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja to reject computer-generated documents brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to be tendered as exhibits against him in his prosecution over alleged N544m contract scam. He told the court that the forensic laboratory report generated from computer was not admissible in law because they were not in their ...

Ex-SGF Babachir Lawal opposes EFCC evidence on alleged N544m fraud Published Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal has asked a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to reject computer-generated documents sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be tendered as exhibits in his alleged N544 million contract fraud trial. Lawal told the court that the forensic laboratory report generated from a computer was not admissible because they were not in their original form and not certified as required by law. The EFCC through, Ofem...

Grass-cutting contract scam: Babachir Lawal’s trial begins afresh, first witness testifies The defendants were accused of fraudulently converting the N544m proceeds of the grass-cutting contracts. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) on Wednesday called its first witness in the restarted trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and six others accused of N544m grass-cutting contract fraud. A relationship manager in the Sales Department of the Wuse Zone 4, Abuja branch of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mohammed Babasule, tend...