Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N104.7m Fraud: EFCC Presents Additional Witness Against Masari

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 presented the third witness (PW3) in the ongoing trial of the former Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, Umar Bature Masari before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Masari, who is accused of engaging in money laundering and gratification, is standing trial for an amended 22-count charge. He was first arraigned before the trial judge on April 10, 2019 on a 17-count charge. At the resumed sitting, today October 8, 2019 the witness, Remmy Ugwu,…