Ohakim is alleged to have made a cash payment of $2,290,000 for a piece of land at Plot No. 1098 Cadastral Zone A04, Asokoro District, otherwise known as No.60, Kwame Nkurumah Street, Asokoro, Abuja. While answering a question by the defence counsel, Awa Kalu, prosecution witness, Ishaya Dauda, said the commission received over five petitions against the accused person. Dauda, a Senior Detective Superintendent with the EFCC, also told the court that some of the petitions against the accused person were received from Alliance of Redemption and Destiny Organisation; Aggrieved Imo State Citizens; Citizens for Imo Economic Security and 27 people (who are all signatories to a petition) from each of the 27 local governments in the state. When asked by the defence counsel if he made any effort to confirm whether or not the groups were registered, Dauda said there was no need to do that. Dauda further told the court that while answering a question by the defence counsel, that all the petitions were investigated. However, when the defence counsel asked for copies of the petitions in court, the prosecution witness told the court that the petitions were in the commission’s files. However, the prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, raised an objection to the request, saying that the defence counsel had failed to do the proper thing as required by law. In his ruling, Justice Ademola said the prosecution was right in his submission, adding that “if you (the defence counsel) needed them, as you do need them, you would have asked the prosecution to give you.” The case was adjourned to December 7 for continuation of trial.]]>