As
the fight against corruption continues in all quarters, a panel member
of President Buhari's committee on arms procurement has been allegedly
found culpable.
DSS officials
New revelation has been made on how over $1.30million cash was
recovered from the Abuja home of a member of committee set up by
President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate procurement of arms and
equipment in the Armed Forces, Air Commodore Umar Mohammed (rtd).
The revelation was made by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
According to The Nation, a lawyer representing the office, Shuaibu
Labaran, said upon receiving intelligence reports, operatives of the
Department of State Services (DSS) stormed Umar’s home, conducted a
search and recovered $1,030,000 cash and other currencies at the
military officer’s residence.
Labaran said some sensitive official documents (which he refused to
name) and two pump action guns (marked: SBSG Magnum 397 and SBGS
Interpress 09-1573) were also recovered during the search.
He gave the house address as No 4 Lungi Close, Mississippi, Maitama, Abuja.
Labaran spoke while making his opening remark, as the lead
prosecution lawyer in the trial of Mohammed and his firm, EasyJet
Integrated Services Limited, before Justice John Tsoho, of the Federal
High Court, Abuja.
Under the Administration of Criminal Act (ACJA) 2015, a prosecutor
is required, before the commencement of trial, to render an opening
statement, containing a summary of his/her case against the defendant.
Earlier, Labaran told the court that the prosecution has complied
with the order for Umar’s release from DSS’ custody, having fulfilled
his bail condition, following which he applied to make the opening
statement.
Lead defence lawyer, Hassan Liman (SAN), confirmed Umar’s release from the DSS custody.
He said his client was released on December 2.
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