The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, arraigned suspended Branch Manager of Heritage Bank Plc in Yenogoa, Iwejuo Nna Joseph, The commission told Justice Muhammad Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, of how he (Iwejuo Nna Joseph) allegedly hide funds via his son’s account
The defendant was first arraigned alongside Dudafa Waripamo-Owei, a former Senior Special Adviser on Domestic Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, on June 11, 2016, on a 23-count number fee of conspiracy to conceal proceeds of crime to the track of N1.6 billion.
While cross exmining Joseph who gave proof in his defence, the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, asked him to confirmed that he deposited numerous sums of cash along with N9.5m on January 22, 2014 to his son's bank account.
In response, Joseph, who disclosed that his son was born on December 28, 2006 and that he opened an account for him quickly afterwards, spoke back in the affirmative. The defendant also confirmed depositing a sum of N5million in his son’s account on February three, 2014, amongst others.
While requested where the money came from, the defendant said it ought to have been from the account of Ebiwise Resources owned by his own family. He said a sum of N9million, for example, became transferred from his son’s account to the Ebiwise Resources account, which he and his spouse at the same time operate. The defendant further said that his company got a contract from the Bayelsa state government to construct a game Academy building.
“We submitted an application for the task. There were lot of homes to build and they allotted one to us. Our company was paid N41million for the contract through the Bayelsa state government," he said.
Asked if he disclosed to his financial institution that he was government contractor, Joseph spoke back in the negative, adding that “I did not reveal it as it was not important. But my colleagues knew about the own family enterprise." .
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