Mkpoikana Udoma

Port Harcourt — The Federal High Court in Abuja has accepted further evidence in the continuing case against former Power Minister Saleh Mamman and seven others, who are charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with suspected fraud amounting to N31.07 billion.

Justice Maryann Anineh oversaw the session, during which the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Leadu Kpandei, a compliance officer at Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, testified that the EFCC had asked for the account information of Fullest Utility Concept Ltd in March 2025.

Kpandei stated that the bank supplied the EFCC with account opening papers, identification certificates, and account statements, which she and her colleague signed prior to sending them. These documents were later accepted as evidence items E1, E2, E3, and E4.

Previously, the first prosecution witness, PW1, Umar Abba from Zenith Bank, finished his cross-examination, stating that he created account statements for the defendants from the bank’s system, checked the documents, and signed them before forwarding them to the EFCC.

“I retrieved the account statement documents from the bank’s system, cross-checked them with my records, and signed them before forwarding them to the EFCC,” he said.

Advice given to Mamman, Suleiman Mohammed, brought the court’s focus to a motion that was submitted on March 9, 2026, which Justice Anineh stated she would examine.

The trial was postponed to April 16, May 11, and June 4, 2026, to allow for further hearings.

The EFCC is taking Mamman and his fellow defendants to court with nine charges including conspiracy, acquiring through deception, and the intention to defraud.