TRIAL OF ABBA MORO: 1st Witness says former Minister turned down all suggestions

former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro

A former Controller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, David Paradang, while testifying as the first prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, today told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he voiced out his concerns about the recruitment exercise and that all suggestions on how to stage the exercise process was turned down an action which resulted in the death of over a dozen applicants. 

Justice Anwuli Chikere adjourned the case till September 29th, 2016. ‪#‎AbbaMoro‬
Meanwhile, On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, dismissed a no-case submission filed by a former Imo State governor, Ikedi Ohakim, through his counsel, Awa Kalu, SAN, against the EFCC. Ohakim is facing trial for allegedly making a cash payment to the tune of $2, 290,000.00 (about N270,000,000) for the purchase of a property situated at Plot 1098 Cadastral Zone A04, Asokoro District, otherwise known as Number 60, Kwame Nkurumah Street, Asokoro in Abuja. 

In his ruling yesterday, Justice Ademola stated that the prosecution had been able to establish its case against the defendant.