Air Chief Alex Badeh, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) under
former President Goodluck Jonathan was found with the sum of $1million
and land documents, a prosecution witness has told a court in Abuja.
Justice Okon Abang that Badeh who is standing trial on a 10-count charge
of criminal breach of trust and money laundering of over N3 billion
alongside Iyalikam Nigeria Ltd, a company believed to be owned by him,
was actually was released from detention after he was arrested for
corruption charges, and taken to his residence at 2 Nelson Mandela
Street, Asokoro, Abuja where documents for landed properties were
recovered.
Badeh was a service chief in the heat of
the atrocities committed by the Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east
and is alleged to have corruptly enriched himself.
the atrocities committed by the Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east
and is alleged to have corruptly enriched himself.
Daily Trust reports that
Mohammed, who was led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN)
narrated that operatives of the anti-graft agency swooped on Badeh’s
second house at 6 Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja and discovered a
pack of kettle filled with 16 bundles of $50, 000 each, and another two
sealed bundles of $100, 000 each making a total of $1 million in his
bedroom upstairs.
Mohammed, who was led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN)
narrated that operatives of the anti-graft agency swooped on Badeh’s
second house at 6 Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja and discovered a
pack of kettle filled with 16 bundles of $50, 000 each, and another two
sealed bundles of $100, 000 each making a total of $1 million in his
bedroom upstairs.
The report quoted
Mohammed as saying the investigating team further recovered a red box
containing a knife which had an encrypted name and two way bills of
furniture supplied to the building.
Mohammed as saying the investigating team further recovered a red box
containing a knife which had an encrypted name and two way bills of
furniture supplied to the building.
The defence counsel Lasun Sanusi (SAN)
objected to the EFCC’s attempt to tender the exhibit from the second
search on the grounds that since Badeh was not present during the
search, the recoveries are a nullity.
objected to the EFCC’s attempt to tender the exhibit from the second
search on the grounds that since Badeh was not present during the
search, the recoveries are a nullity.
The presiding Justice Abang has adjourned the case to February 23 for hearing.
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