The application submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to screen it’s fourth prosecution witness in the on-going trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Pension Reform boss, has been dismissed by the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday.
At the resumed trial on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency’s lawyer, Farouk Abdullahi, urged the court, shortly after the third witness completed its evidence in chief, to grant his request for the PW4 to testify in camera.“The application will not prejudice the trial of this case. I am not making the application to waste the judicial time of this honourable court,” he said.
Justice Abang while addressing Abdullahi, said: “You have already disclosed the particulars of the proposed witness. So how do you want the court to screen the witness.” “The penal legislation has not said that when a proposed witness is named, the witness cannot be screened.“The court is a court of justice and it has the power to do that. We want the witness to be heard and not to be seen. I, therefore, urge this honourable court to grant our application,” he said.
“It was not done in bad faith. Particularly, the defendant has nothing to lose. So I urge this honourable court to grant the application,” he said. 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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