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A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Christopher Odofin admitted Tuesday at the FCT High Court that the former chairman of the Tenders Board of the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Mr Abel Enitan, was not put on trial by the anti-graft agency.
The witness said it was Enitan who awarded the contract for the expansion of the Katsina Airport Apron Extension.
Enitan was the permanent secretary of the Aviation Ministry at the time the contract was awarded to Al-Buraq Global Investment Ltd by the federal government
The witness also admitted that a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, his daughter, Fatima and son-in-law, Hamma Jalal Sule and a company, Al Buraq Global Investment Limited, are the ones being prosecuted by the EFCC.
The EFCC’s witness gave the revelation at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory where a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika is standing trial over alleged abuse of office in the award of contracts.
The witness who was cross examined by Efut Okoi, counsel to the 2nd defendant, Fatima Hadi Sirika, also admitted that the director of Public Procurement, Musa Odiniya, who cleared the award of the contract was also not put on trial by the anti-graft agency.
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