Mkpoikana Udoma
Port Harcourt — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted additional evidence in the ongoing prosecution of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, and seven others, accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of alleged fraud totaling N31.07 billion.
Justice Maryann Anineh presided over the proceedings, which saw the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Leadu Kpandei, a compliance officer with Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, confirm that the EFCC had requested account details of Fullest Utility Concept Ltd in March 2025.
Kpandei testified that the bank provided the EFCC with account opening documents, certificates of identification, and statements of account, which she and her colleague signed before transmission. The documents were subsequently admitted as exhibits E1, E2, E3, and E4.
Earlier, the First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Umar Abba of Zenith Bank, concluded his cross-examination, revealing that he generated account statements of the defendants from the bank’s database, verified the documents, and endorsed them before sending to the EFCC.
“I generated the documents of the account statements from the bank’s computer, compared them with what I have, then I signed before sending them to the EFCC,” he stated.
Counsel to Mamman, Suleiman Mohammed, drew the court’s attention to a pending motion filed on March 9, 2026, which Justice Anineh said she would review.
The court adjourned the trial to April 16, May 11, and June 4, 2026, for continuation of proceedings.
The EFCC is prosecuting Mamman and his co-defendants on a nine-count charge encompassing conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, and intent to defraud.
