Saraki’s Trial Continues With More Drilling For Wetkas

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The cross-examination of an operative of the anti-graft agency and prosecution witness, Mr Michael Wetkas, in the trial of the Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal continued on Wednesday.

This CCT went ahead with the trial in spite of the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

This is a continuation of his cross-examination on Tuesday when he explained the numbering of a property on MacDonald Street, maintaining his testimony that number 15 was one and the same property.

At the resumed session on Wednesday, a counsel to Dr. Saraki, Mr Paul Usoro, asked the witness to read page 9 of exhibit 3.

He was being drilled about his testimony regarding transfer of funds between foreign accounts held by the defendant.

He said that from the dollar account you would see a debit entry €1,200,000 on April 12, 2010 and that in the narration it was written ‘dollar exchange for Dr. Bukola Saraki’.

He added that on the pound sterling account which is exhibit 9, on that same day there was a credit in pounds sterling.

He said further that on February 15, 2010 there was a transaction with a debit of 1million dollars with the same narration like the first one seeking conversion of the funds to pound sterling and also on the same day there was a credit of $632,511.07 with a narration seeking conversion to pound sterling.

Wetkas then referred the tribunal to exhibit 8 where said funds were converted into pounds on behalf of the defendant.

The cross-examination is still ongoing at the CCT.