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Former Accountant-General objects to video recording in ongoing trial

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Former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, objects to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission tendering a video recording of an interview session in court. The trial-within-trial was ordered following objections raised by Idris' counsel on the basis of deception and inducement.

A former Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, on Thursday in FCT High Court objected to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, tendering a video recording of an interview session operatives had with him and others. The compact disc containing the video was tendered by the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, through the first prosecution witness (PW1) in the trial-within-trial in the ongoing trial of Idris and three others for alleged fraud.

The trial-within-trial was ordered by the court following the objection raised by counsel for Idris, Chris Uche. The objection was on the basis that his client’s statements the prosecution sought to tender on November 23, 2022 were made on the ground of deception and inducement. Idris Ahmed alongside Geoffrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited, are standing trial on a 14-count charge bordering on stealing, fraudulent diversion of public fund to the tune of N109.5 billio

 

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