The Federal High Court siting in Abuja, on Friday, has announced the missing of part of the N35 million, allegedly recovered from the official residence of Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta.
Recall, that Justice Ngwuta is facing money laundering charges.
At the resumed trial of Justice Ngwuta before the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, the presiding Judge, Justice John Tsoho, informed the court that part of the money was missing.
The DSS had through John Utazi, an Investigator, insisted before the court that the total amount of local currencies it recovered from Ngwuta’s home, was N35, 358,000.
It also gave details of foreign currencies it recovered after a “sting operation” it conducted at Ngwuta’s residence, on October 8, 2016, as £35, 0915 (Pound Sterling), $319,096 (United States Dollars), R50 (South Africa Rand), €280 Euros, 380 United Arab Emirates Dirhams, and 420 Gambian Dalasis.
However, before transferring the monies which Government Lawyer, Olufemi Fatunde, tendered into evidence in nine bags and boxes, to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for safe-keeping, Justice Tsoho, ordered that they should be recounted in the presence of representatives from the prosecution, the defence and an official of the court.
Justice Tsoho, turned down the request by the prosecution Counsel, for the monies to be counted at the CBN, stressing that it should be done with the counting machine of the court.
However, at the resumed hearing of the matter on Friday, Justice Tsoho revealed that N22,160.00, was missing from the money.
While the FG claimed that it tendered a total of N35,358,000, the Judge disclosed that only N35,335,840 was tendered before the court.
