Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged ₦3bn Fraud: Witness Refutes Oyo-Ita’s Claim in Trial-within-Trial

The trial of former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, with the First Prosecution Witness, Hamma Adama Bello testifying with video evidence in a trial-within-trial that the defendant wrote her statements voluntarily and under caution in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The witness, an operative of the EFCC, testified as the prosecution sought to establish the voluntariness of the statements Oyo-Ita made to the Commission during investigations, wh…