The Special Offences Court, Lagos has admitted in evidence more documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in the alleged N76 billion, $31.5 million fraud trial involving a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, and others.
TheHintsNews reports that Kuru, alongside Kamilu Omokide, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc and Super Bravo Limited, are being prosecuted on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, and abuse of office.
At the resumed sitting on Wednesday, the fourth prosecution witness, PW4, Usman Bawa Kaltungo, continued his examination-in-chief led by Wahab Shittu, SAN.
He had earlier begun his testimony on Friday, November 28, 2025, where he detailed the Commission’s findings from its investigation into the transactions involving Arik Air, Union Bank, AMCON, and several foreign lenders.
When asked if he was aware of any petition during the cause of investigations and who the petition was addressed to, he stated that “While investigations were ongoing, the first defendant wrote a complaint to the Attorney- General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, complaining about the investigations and alleging harassment and intimidation by the prosecutors .
“The letter was addressed to the AGF and Minister of Justice. Based on inter-agency collaboration, we were made aware of the petition.”
Asked if the letter was written while the case was before the court, the witness, who is currently the acting Zonal Director, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, EFCC, Ikoyi, answered in the affirmative, adding that the content of the letter was to the effect that the investigation be stopped.
Kaltungo told the court that the letter was related to the case and formed part of the official file of the case as well as the investigation.
He also stated that the AGF investigated the petition, with 39 attachments, and that a legal opinion was written by the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice.
In his further testimony, the witness stated that the EFCC’s lawyer obtained the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the petition and the legal opinion.
Kaltungo added that he received the petition in his capacity as the Head of the investigating team.
At this point, he identified the documents, the petition and the legal opinion signed on behalf of the AGF and Minister of Justice.
The witness also told the court that the legal opinion and petition were both certified and that the proper fees were paid.
The prosecution counsel, thereafter, sought to tender in evidence the petition, legal opinion as well as the attachments.
Justice Mojisola Dada marked and admitted them as exhibits P46.
When shown exhibit P46, the witness read out the receipt of payment of the CTC, the legal opinion, saying it was signed by the Solicitor -General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary.
“The petition was dated March 28, 2024, received at the Federal Ministry of Justice on March 28, 2024 and it was minuted to the Permanent Secretary on April 2, 2025,” he said.
Kaltungo also confirmed that the seal on the document bore the Federal Ministry of Justice’s Certified True Copy, adding that “the seal ran through all the documents. Some of the attachments were also certified by the Principal Executive Officer, Federal High Court.