Maina vs EFCC: What happened in court on Tuesday

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to screen its fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Pension Reform boss.

He argued that the identity of the proposed witness was no longer hidden as the witness’ name, address and phone number are in the proof of evidence which had already been circulated to the clients, the counsel, the registry, etc.The lawyer further argued that the EFCC counsel did not inform them of his plan to have the witness screened.“I adopt the submission of the counsel to the 1st defendant. We are here to give full cooperation to the court.

Responding, Abdullahi, who admitted that the identity of the witness had already been made known, said their application was for the witness to be screened from gallery and not from the bar. Abdullahi also regretted that the defence counsel were not informed about the decision to screen the proposed witness.

In his ruling, Justice Abang said he had carefully considered the argument of the defence counsel , arguing that the prosecution had already breeched Section 232 Sub 2 of ACJA..However, the judge said that “the provisions of Section 232 Subsections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of ACJA guides the court on how to exercise its discretion as to whether or not a particular witness ought to be screened.”

He said Abdullahi also admitted that the statement made by the witness also formed parts of the record of the court.

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