Court rejects EFCC’s plea to play video against ex-NNPC GMD

The Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday rejected the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to play the content of Exhibits M, N, and N1 in the trial against the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation , Andrew Yakubu.Justice Ahmed Mohammed, while delivering the ruling, held that only the maker of a document could be cross-examined on the content of a document.

The court held that the EFCC could not play the content of the documents during his cross-examination as prayed. The prosecution counsel, Farouk Abdullah, while he was about to proceed with the cross-examination of the first defence witness, Andrew Yakubu, drew the court’s attention to a pending application that he sought to move before the court.The application that was dated June 18, 2021, and filed June 25, 20,21 was to the effect that the Prosecution was praying for leave of the court to recall two of the prosecution witnesses.

He said “It is strange to interrupt a cross-examination with an application that has nothing to do with the witness in the box. I urge my lord to direct him to finish cross-examination, then we can now move to other ancillary matters,”He stated that it would set a dangerous precedent and urged the court to defer the hearing of the application until the evidence of Yakubu, the DW 1 has been concluded.

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