Adebayo
Akintunde, a witness in the alleged N8
billion Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) currency scam, on Wednesday said that he
screamed when he saw cut papers instead of N10 million in a box.
Testifying
before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Akintunde told the court that on
opening the box which was supposed to be containing N10 million of unfit N1,000
denomination, he found well arranged cut newspapers and screamed in fear and astonishment.
The witness,
who was one of the treasury assistants in the Ibadan branch of CBN, added that
a female official, who was also present,
exclaimed over the development.
“I instantly
developed stomach upset and I was unconsciously urinating on my body as well as
crying because I knew that all of us who opened the boxes would become
suspects,” Akintunde said.
The witness
further stated that the then Head of Treasury, Kolawole Babalola, however,
asked him and the other treasury assistants to return the box containing papers
as well as the other nine boxes
inspected back to the treasury.
Ayo-Emmanuel adjourned the case till Thursday for
continued hearing.
Patience
Okoro, Johnson Afolabi, Sunday Ilori, Babalola, Muniru Olaniran and Fatai
Adedokun, along with others since 2015
had been standing trial over multiple charges.
The charges
included conspiracy and re-circulation of N8 billion at Ibadan branch of CBN.
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