I paid Bello N300m based on directive on a piece of paper –Witness

A witness, Yazidu Ibrahim, Wednesday, told a

Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that he was

instructed through a piece of paper to pay a

former National Chairman of the Peoples

Democratic Party, PDP, Haliru Bello, N300 million

through his company, Bam Projects and

Properties Limited.

It would be recalled that Bello, his son, Bello

Abba Mohammed, and their company, Bam

Project and Properties Limited, are being

prosecuted by the Economic and Financial

Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly receiving

the sum of N300 million from the Office of the

former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo

Dasuki.

Ibrahim, a Staff Officer, Accounts, Office of the

National Security Adviser, ONSA, said he received

a written instruction on a piece of paper to

prepare a payment mandate for BAM in the sum

of N300m.

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While being led in evidence by the prosecution

counsel, Adebisi Adeniyi, Ibrahim said the piece

of paper had the account name, account number,

amount and reason for payment (Payment for

Safe Houses).

“There were two signatories on the payment

mandate – Muhammed Sambo Dazuki, a former

National Security Adviser and S.A. Salisu,

Director, Finance and Administration.

‘‘After they have signed the paper, I would also

sign before taking it to the bank (Central Bank of

Nigeria),’’ he said.

The witness however said there were procedures

that should have been normally followed for

making payments. He said these included

presentation of documents, approval of the

documents and instructions from the Director of

Finance, among others.

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