A forensic analyst
with the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC,
Muktar Bello, today May 22, 2014 told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how Dodo Chilla
Bulus, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, connived with vandals to
break pipelines and siphon crude oil.
Muktar who was led in
evidence by EFCC counsel, Salisu Majidadi told the court presided over by
Justice E.S Chukwu how forensic examination of the mobile phones of the accused
persons established their complicity the crime. He siad that he conducted the
examination, using a cellebrite device.
Cellebrite device,
according to the witness, “is a forensic extraction device commonly used by law
enforcement agencies, military and corporate security agencies in over sixty
countries of the world. The device has an in-built mechanism that protects the
data extracted which is automatically transferred to a computer”.
The EFCC witness
further told the court that his findings established that there was
communication between the accused person, Bulus and a suspected vandal, Joseph
Amaechi, who is currently standing trial in a sister case before the same
court.
Part of the report of
Muktar’s findings which was tendered and admitted as exhibit reads: “that
Joseph Amaechi received a text from Dodo Chilla Bulus regarding information
that vandals are to operate tonight, February 13, 2013 at 7.43pm”.
Justice Chukwu after
listening carefully to the witness adjourned the case to May 28, 2014 for
continuation of trial.
Bulus is being
prosecuted by the EFCC on a 2-count charge bordering on oil theft and pipeline
vandalism.
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