The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 11, 2014 presented two
more witnesses before Justice Tukur M. Alu of Kaduna State High
Court, Kaduna in the on-going trial of one Alhaji Musa Sulaiman, Managing
Director, Alhaji Musa Suleiman General Enterprise, and his son, Alhaji Ibrahim
Musa Suleiman over an alleged issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N300m
(three hundred million naira).
At
the resumed hearing of the case today, the second prosecution witness, PW2, Onu Monday Isa , marketing manager, Stallion
Nigeria Limited, Kaduna Branch, told the court that the accused
persons had approached his company for a business deal in 2013.
Led
in evidence by counsel to EFCC, Benjamin Manji, Isa told the court that the
business deal entailed the supply of vegetable oil and bags of rice.
He
stated that the supply was made after the deal had been sealed, but the accused
person failed to honour the terms of agreement.
According
to Isa, the accused person in a bid to offset the bill of the commodities
supplied to him issued a cheque which was returned unpaid due to insufficient
fund.
He
further stated that, Alhaji Suleiman when accosted, pleaded and asked for more
goods, which were supplied to him, but also
defaulted
the second time.
Testifying
further, the third prosecution witness, PW3, Omowonuola Ife-Babalola, Head,
Customer Support Service, Stanbic IBTC, told the court that Alhaji Suleiman
issued over 20 cheques in the name of Popular Foods Limited, a subsidiary of
Stallion Nigeria Limited, but were all returned due to insufficient fund.
The
case has been adjourned till tomorrow, December 12, 2014 for continuation of
trial.
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