The trial of former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole over an alleged N894 million contract scam resumed today, Wednesday, February 22 before Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
ASP Ibrahim Ahmed, a witness, a serving officer with the anti-graft agency told the court that the former Speaker awarded contracts to companies not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. He further stated that efforts to trace the locations of the companies were futile as the addresses found on the contract awarded documents purported to belong to the companies were nonexistent.
EFCC had slammed a 16-count criminal charge on the former speaker which borders on contract inflation to the tune of N894 million.
ASP Ahmed stated that upon investigating the petition written against the former Speaker by Honourable Dino Melaye, that he perused through the documents used by the then leadership in the award of the contracts and found out that contact details of the beneficiary companies were nonexistent.
He also stated that letters sent to the addresses were returned two weeks later for reason of non existence of the addresses.
The matter has been adjourned till April 3, 2012.
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