EFCC Denies Own Statement Against Shehu Sani In Court

In a dramatic twist, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has denied its statement that it was prosecuting a former lawmaker and human rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani at the resumed hearing of the case in court, yesterday, for an alleged $25,000.00 fraud.
The anti-graft agency had dragged the former lawmaker before the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided by Justice Inyang Ekwo over an alleged $25,000.00 offered him by the proprietor of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda.
At Tuesday’s hearing, the EFCC’s counsel tendered documents before the court asserting that Shehu Sani was being prosecuted for $10,000.00, which was later published on the agency’s official Twitter page.
Armed with the contradictory statement, Shehu Sani’s legal team, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, representative of Femi Falana Chambers, sought to know if the accused was being prosecuted for $25,000.00 or $10,000.00, which was the crux of Tuesday’s court proceedings.
In his response, the EFCC’s counsel urged the court to discountenance the official Twitter publication which was tendered, but, Justice Ekwo explained that the court conducted the proceedings openly and journalists were at liberty to publish their stories.