The trial of a former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, who is a defendant in a case of alleged money laundering before the Federal High Court in Abuja, commenced proper on Monday with the prosecution calling its first witness.
Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Bala Sanga, the witness, Bashir Garba, a Senator and a Federal Commissioner at the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons said he got to know the 2nd defendant named Aliyu Abubakar in 2013 when he sold a property located in Abuja to the Central Bank of Nigeria for him after which he was directed to pay the proceed worth two million dollars in different tranches to Pasman Holdings Limited.
Related document to the transaction were admitted in evidence.
Wole Olanipekun, the counsel for Abubakar, however, asked the court for an adjournment to enable him to cross-examine the witness.
Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned to March 2 for continuation of trial.
Adoke and a businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, are facing charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to the tune of $1.2b