A
prosecution witness has narrated how the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) discovered properties allegedly acquired by former Chief of
Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.
Badeh
was arraigned on a 10-count charge of criminal breach of trust and money
laundering of over N3bn alongside Iyalikam Nigeria Ltd, a company believed to
be owned by him.
Nuhu
Buhari, an investigator with the EFCC, yesterday stated that the anti-graft
commission assigned him to lead the team investigating five properties linked
to Badeh and the NAF arms procurement contracts under him.
Led
in evidence by Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), Buhari listed the properties to include: 19
Kumasi Crescent, Wuse 2; No 6 Ogun River, Maitama, Abuja; No 2 Nelson Mandela
Street, Asokoro; No 2 Oda Crescent off Addis Ababa Street, Wuse 2, and a
shopping mall.
Buhari
said when the team physically visited the properties and met Alex Badeh Jnr at
No 19 Kumasi Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja; he denied ownership of the house and said
he was a tenant.
He
said a response to letters written to the FCDA for records of the listed
properties, revealed that one Oluwatoyin Nike is the allottee of the said
property and had sold it to one Mohammed Umar and Kair Sardau at the cost of
N260m.
When
contacted, Sardau admitted buying the property on behalf of Alex Badeh Jnr
through Air Commodore S.A Yusha’u, then director of Finance of NAF.
Of
the NAF shopping mall which was awarded Rytebuilders Ltd manager Mustapha
Yerima, he said investigation established that the N1.2billion award came from
the N558.2 billion usually set aside for the NAF chief.
Justice
Okon Abang has adjourned the case to May 2 for hearing.
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