Mr Ohakim, is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a three-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N270 million. He was initially arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on July 8, 2015. However, with the compulsory retirement of Justice Ademola, by the National Judicial Council, NJC, the case started afresh before Justice Babatunde Quadri. Led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Festus Ukpe, Mr Sule, an Architect and Managing Director, Tweenex Consociate HD Ltd, who is testifying as the first prosecution witness, on June 25, told the court that Mr Ohakim after much pressure was able to convince him to buy the property in his own name after giving him the sum of $2.2 million in cash. He said: “The defendant, in 2012, requested me to find a house for him to buy and I eventually got one at No. 60, Kwame Nkrumah Street, Asokoro, Abuja. “He trusted my judgement on the house for purchase and the property was valued at $2.2 million which was about N270 million as at that time. “He brought the money in dollars. He said that I should go and pay for the house. “The following day, I called the owner of the house, one Alhaji Isah Maidabino, and we met at Bank of the North, Maitama. “Maidabino collected the money and he gave me the original title documents. “I informed Ohakim and he told us the name we should use in the Deed of Assignment and sales agreement”. The witness added that the defendant asked him to rent out the said property to him and issued him three cheques totalling N20million, further instructing him to renovate the property, adding that an offer letter was consequently issued to him with a rent agreement to seal the fictitious transaction. At the resumed sitting today, June 26, 2018, under cross-examination by counsel to the defence, Awa Kalu, Mr Sule reaffirmed his relationship with Mr Ohakim, even though he told the court that the defendant has no relationship with the former owner of the property (Isa Maidabino) who purportedly sold the property in question to him. Mr Sule also reaffirmed that “the said money was paid to Maidabino in cash at the premises of the Bank of the North (now Unity Bank) in the waiting room of the manager”. He further told the court that there was no document issued to him concerning receipt of the cash, neither was there any documentation regarding the cash transaction that took place that day. He further confirmed his volunteered statement with the EFCC when he was confronted with a copy of it by the defence counsel. He was also confronted with a copy of the receipt for the purchase of the property which had been marked as “Exhibit B”, with a face value of N270m and was asked if the amount was in United States dollar, as to his earlier claim that $2.2m cash was given to him by the defendant for the purchase of the said property. “No,” he answered, and admitted that he did not know the source of the money. The case has been adjourned to October 30 and 31, 2018 for continuation of trial.]]>

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