$4.5b Fraud: More Vital Documents Admitted As Exhibits By Court in Emefiele’s Document Admissibility

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on October 9, 2025 admitted more documents as exhibits and overruled the arguments of defence counsels. 

Justice Oshodi overruled the objections of the defence counsels and admitted the documents as exhibits G.

Prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo SAN, continued with the testimony of Alvan Gurumnaan, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who provided another fresh insights into the evidence uncovered during investigations.

Gurumnaan, continued his evidence by reading the watsapp conversation between Mr Henry telling John Adetola in exhibit G, that he should give $400,000 to ‘oga’. “Talk to him ‘oga’ on wastapp if possible”

“During our investigation we asked the clarification from him, he explained that there is conversation between him and Henry on phone regarding how to meet Ayo to collect $400,000”.

“John Adetola confirmed that he went to Lekki in Lagos were he meet Ayo personal assistant to CBN governor to delivered the money. We further ask him what’s it the messages, he confirm it s$400,000 and proceed to CBN office in Lagos where he handed it over to Emefiele in CBN office”.

“We make a call to John Ayo who is working at that time in CBN to reported to our office in Lagos where he was interviewed, during the interview, he comfiirm that Mr Adetola came to his house and give him the money to give to 1st defendant. That’s was not only transactions”

“There is another $200,000 he recived from the same person, and this time around, he handed it over by himself to Emefiele in his office in Lagos”.

“We invited Mr Victor Oyedua, the CBN contractor, who reported to our office and confirmed during interview that he actually gave Mr Ayo sum of $400, 000 and $200, 000 dollars respectively to deliver to first defendant.”

“He confirmed he was CBN contractor and two of his work hanging at that time with CBN and he has not paid”.

“He asked why he has not paid, he was told he needed to settle some management to facilitate his money and that’s was why he gave that money, his statements was also recorded”.

Prosecution tender another some documents from CBN as exhibits before the court.

Prosecution said the documents we want to tender is original letter from a company to efcc dated 24 feb 2024. The document is evidence of what efcc recived, as been produced and tender.

The public document that efcc received during investigation, this is the primary evidence.

However, the defence counsels, led by Olalekan Ojo SAN and Kazeem Gbadamosi SAN, objected to their admissibility, citing concerns over authenticity and proper certification, they urged the court to reject all the photocopy documents as exhibits.

Justice Oshodi overruled their objections and admitted the bondle of documents as exhibits H.

Also, John Adetola’s phone, MI10T tendered as exhibit before the Court, the phone was still on and it was on flight mood, and admitted as exhibits I.

The conversation between John Adetola and Henry, from exhibit I, this is a Whatsapp conversation was analyzed.

From the phone, EFCC investigators retrieved further WhatsApp conversations between Adetola and Henry, which were analyzed and presented in court.

Also, prosecution counsel, Oyedepo, tendered some statements of defendant made during investigation, urged the court to admit them as evidence.

Defences counsel, made an objection to it that they made the statement under duress.

Justice Oshodi made an order of trial within trial in respect of this statement, and rules that parties should come on November 21, 2025 for report of the parties on the agreement on forensic inspection.

Adjourned the matter to December 2 and 3, 2025 for mini trial. investigation, this is the primary evidence.

However, the defence counsels, led by Olalekan Ojo SAN and Kazeem Gbadamosi SAN, objected to their admissibility, citing concerns over authenticity and proper certification, they urged the court to reject all the photocopy documents as exhibits.

Justice Oshodi overruled their objections and admitted the bondle of documents as exhibits H.

Also, John Adetola’s phone, MI10T tendered as exhibit before the Court, the phone was still on and it was on flight mood, and admitted as exhibits I.

The conversation between John Adetola and Henry, from exhibit I, this is a wastapp conversation was analyzed.

From the phone, EFCC investigators retrieved further WhatsApp conversations between Adetola and Henry, which were analyzed and presented in court.

Also, prosecution counsel, Oyedepo, tendered some statements of defendant made during investigation, urged the court to admit them as evidence.

Defences counsel, made an objection to it that they made the statement under duress.

Justice Oshodi made an order of trial within trial in respect of this statement, and rules that parties should come on November 21, 2025 for report of the parties on the agreement on forensic inspection.

Adjourned the matter to December 2 and 3, 2025 for mini trial.