Robert Azibaola, a cousin to former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has closed his defence in the alleged $40 million fraud charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
His defence team led by Chris Uche, SAN, presented two witnesses before closing its case on February 6, 2019.
Azibaola and his company, One Plus Holdings, are facing a two-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
They are alleged to have received $40 million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, during the tenure of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) without any contract agreement.
Testifying as the first defence witness, Azibaola, under cross-examination by prosecuting counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, had on February 5, 2019, admitted that there was no formal contract between his company and ONSA.
He had also told the Court that his company wrote to the NSA, “but it was not a memo to initiate the agreement, but a memo to carry out the assignment”.
The case has been adjourned to February 28, 2019.