New revelations have been made as the trial of a Nigerian Federal High Court judge continues in court.
Adeniyi Ademola
A witness in the ongoing trial of a Federal High Court judge,
Adeniyi Ademola, has explained how a BMW luxury car was purchased for
the defendant by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Agi, Premium Times
reports.
The witness, Ifeoma Ofornagolu, the first of 14 witnesses to
testify in the matter, said she delivered the vehicle at the residence
of Mr. Ademola in Lagos after same was paid for by Mr. Agi, the third
defendant in the matter.
Ms. Ofornagolu, a sales consultant with Coscharis motors, said she
is responsible for facilitating such transactions between customers and
her company.
According to the witness, her office confirmed the purchase by
placing a call to the buyer of the vehicle. Once the necessary
confirmation has been made, the name of the customer (owner of the
purchased car) is noted for delivery.
“The receipt was issued in the name of Ademide Ademola; ( Mr.
Ademola’s son). I accompanied the driver to deliver the vehicle to
Ademide Ademola at number 16 Babatunde Ajose Avenue, Lekki, Lagos. The
car was signed for by Mr. Ademide Ademola who received the vehicle,” said Ms. Ofornagolu.
Earlier, Ms. Ofornagolu said the confirmation of the purchase was
made via a call between her office and Mr. Agi’s company, Joe Agi and
associates.
She added that Mr. Agi also called them after the transfer of N8
million was done from his company’s bank as cost of the BMW, while an
additional N400,000 was paid as VAT for the same vehicle.
“I was also called by Joe Agi. He called me to confirm if the transaction has been made,” she said.
The witness further said the receipt was sent to Ademide Ademola, via his email address, ademideademola@gmail.com.
After the witness had finished the first phase of her testimony,
the defence counsel objected to the admissibility of the receipt on the
ground that the said receipt was sent using an email through an Ipad
that was not certified before the court.
The counsel to the first and second defendant, Onyeachi Ikpeazu,
said although he did not object to the admissibility of the delivery
note and the invoice containing the said transaction, he would contest
the authenticity of the Ipad, through which the email was said to have
been communicated to the defendant’s son.
The prosecution did not object to the submissions of the defence,
subsequently, the documents sent using the email was withdrawn.
Mr. Ikpeazu also objected to the repetition in court of the
statements made by the witness during the cause of the investigation.
The witness, Ms. Ofornagolu, had been asked to recount the details mentioned in her statement, while she was being investigated.
She began to make the narration holding the said statement when she
was interjected by the defence counsel, who argued that according to
Section 84 of the Evidence Act, the witness should not allude to her own
statement before the open court.
He said according to the law; the witness is only allowed to refer
to his or her own statement, if such a statement proves inconsistent
with what is testified in court by the same witness.
“A prior consistent statement is inadmissible by the same witness,” said Mr. Ikpeazu.
Counsel on both sides argued over the admissibility or otherwise of the statement.
Consequently, the trial judge, Jude Okeke, adjourned the matter till January 17.
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