The Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama, on Wednesday admitted additional documentary evidence in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, over an alleged N31 billion fraud.
Presiding judge, Maryann Anineh, granted the admission of the documents during proceedings in Abuja, where Mamman and seven others are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and intent to defraud to the tune of N31,070,541,349.64.
At the hearing, the second prosecution witness, Leadu Kpandei, a compliance officer with Guaranty Trust Bank, testified that the EFCC, in March 2025, requested account details of a customer, Fullest Utility Concept Ltd. She told the court that the bank responded by forwarding account opening documents, identification records and statements of account generated from its database.
Kpandei confirmed that the documents were duly verified and signed by authorised bank officials before being transmitted to the anti-graft agency. The materials, admitted as Exhibits E1 to E4, were tendered through prosecution counsel, A.O. Mohammed.
Earlier, the first prosecution witness, Umar Abba of Zenith Bank, concluded his cross-examination, stating that he generated and certified account statements of the defendants from the bank’s database before forwarding them to the EFCC.
Defence counsel, Suleiman Mohammed, drew the court’s attention to a pending application filed on March 9, 2026, which the court indicated it would consider.
Justice Anineh subsequently adjourned the matter to April 16, May 11 and June 4, 2026, for continuation of trial.
