How EFCC coerced me to write statement - Former air force chief Mamu tells court

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- A former chief of administration, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Alkali Mamu, alleged that the EFCC suppressed part of his statement

- He asked the court to discharge and acquit him of all the four charges against him

- EFCC traces N860m to the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada; and a former acting governor of Taraba state, Sani Danladi

A former chief of administration, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Alkali Mamu (Rtd) has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he was tutored and teleguided in making his statement by the EFCC.

The retired air force officer is standing trial on a four count amended charges of corruption and bribery preferred against him by the EFCC.

Speaking at the resumed trail on Monday, November 6, Mamu told the trial judged, Justice Salisu Garba, that the EFCC suppressed part of his statement and also threatened to call his two daughters should he failed to refund back the money he is being accused of collecting as bribe, This Day reports.

He said during his interrogation and his subsequent writing of his statement, the request by his lawyers was turned down by the EFCC on the grounds that all they were after was the recovery of funds.

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He said: "The first statement I wrote is not before this court. The additional statement marked n1 and n4 obtained from St1 was removed from the statement I made.

“Again I noticed that the supporting documents I submitted both in st1 and St 2 are not before this court"

Mamu said he was innocent of the charges brought against him by the EFCC, and prayed the court to discharge and acquit him of all the four charges.

Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, November 6, traced N860m to the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada; and a former acting governor of Taraba state, Sani Danladi.

Punch reports that while N500m was traced to Wada, N450m was traced to Danladi.

NAIJ.com gathered that the money was said to be part of the N23bn allegedly disbursed by a former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, through the then director of finance of the Goodluck Jonathan campaign organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman.

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