The trial of a frail Director, True Products and services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Grace Taiga, for alleged fraud in the case piquant Route of and Industrial Vogue Diminutive (P&ID) sooner than Justice O.A Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory Excessive Court docket Abuja persevered on Monday with the EFCC presenting its fourth prosecution look.
On the graduation of the listening to, the prosecution supplied a thirteen-count amended price which changed into learn to the defendant. Rely 12 of the price reads, “That you GRACE TAIGA (frail Director of True Products and services in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources) on or about the 30th of December, 2009 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket corruptly obtained the sum of USD4969.5 (Four Thousand 9 Hundred and Sixty-9 United States Dollars, Five Cents paid by Marshpearl Diminutive, a company managed by the owners and promoters of Route of and Industrial Vogue (P&ID)- into HSBC monetary institution fable of your daughter, Enameg Vera Moses Taiga domiciled at No.8, Canada Sq., London branch of HSBC in the case of Gasoline Supply and Processing Settlement(GSPA) between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and P&ID( a company incorporated and sleek below the regulations of the British Virgin Island) which resulted in the execution of the GSPA sometime in the 300 and sixty five days 2010 and you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to and punishable below share 8(1)(a) and (b) of the Despicable Practices and Various Related Offences Act,2000”.
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Rely 13 reads, “That you GRACE TAIGA (frail Director of True Products and services in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources) on or about the 30th of January, 2012 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket corruptly obtained the sum of USD 5000 (Five Thousand United States Dollars) paid by Kristholm Diminutive- a company managed by the owners and promoters of Route of & Industrial Vogue Diminutive (P&ID)- into the HSBC fable of your daughter, Enameg Vera Moses Taiga domiciled at No.8 Canada Sq., London branch of HSBC, on fable of the favour you already confirmed P&ID in the case of the Gasoline Supply and Processing Settlement (GSPA) performed between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Authorities of Nigeria and P&ID ( a company incorporated and sleek below the regulations of the British Virgin Island) and you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to and punishable below share 8(1)(a) and (b) of the Despicable Practices and Various Related Offences Act, 2000”.
The defendant pleaded “now now not responsible”, to the charges.
Aminu Lawal, PW4, an operative of the EFCC, led in proof by the prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abbah urged the courtroom that the team obtained a petition dated June 28, 2018, signed by the Attorney-Same outdated of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, conveying the directive of Mr. President that investigation surrounding the conditions of the Gasoline Processing Supply Settlement, GSPA, have to be conducted.
“I came to know the defendant when the investigation commenced. I stumbled on that she witnessed the GSPA. She also drafted the GSPA when she changed into on the Ministry of Petroleum Resources as Director True.”
The look further urged the courtroom that the team stumbled on rather a great deal of discrepancies along side an unsigned agreement between the Ministry of Defence and Khristolm Diminutive.
“We stumbled on one unsigned agreement between the Ministry of Defense and Khristolm Diminutive, a company owned and managed by P&ID Diminutive and the promoters of P&ID are Michael Quinn, Brendan Cahill, James Nolan and Niel Hitchob.
“We wrote a letter of investigation to the Ministry of Defence to give us the particulars of the contract awarded to the companies that are linked to P&ID. Investigation published that Marsh Pearl Diminutive got contract in which the defendant witnessed the agreement between the Ministry of Defence and Marsh Pearl Diminutive sometime in 2005.”
The prosecution look further acknowledged that the team stumbled on that, on December 30, 2019 the defendant, Grace Taiga, obtained $4969.50 (Four Thousand 9 Hundred and Sixty-9 United States Dollars, Fifty Cents by her daughter, Vera Ename Moses Taiga. “The money changed into paid by Marsh Pearl Ltd, by her daughter’s fable eleven days sooner than the signing of the GSPA.
