A prosecuting witness and compliance officer
at GTB, Kayode Temitope Olanrewaju,
yesterday told Justice Mohammed Idris of
the Federal High Court in Lagos how former
Senior Special Assistant to former President
Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs,
Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, allegedly laundered
N270.7 million through the bank account of
a restaurant in 2013 and 2015.
Dudafa was arraigned for the offence by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), alongside Joseph Iwuejo and four
companies.
According to the Nation, Olanrewaju
identified the restaurant as DJakes Fast-
Food and Restaurant where Dudafa, his wife,
Preye, and his son, Dudafa Jnr., are listed as
directors.
According to him, the N270.7 million was
transferred to DJakes Fast-Food and
Restaurant’s GTBank account in several
instalments.
He said on March 18, 2013, N63.2 million
was transferred in installments of N3.2
million and N20 million in three tranches.
N20 million was transferred to the
restaurant’s account by a firm, 313 Bureau
De Change in January 2014. One Abubakar
Murtala Bashir credited the same account
with N79.2 million on January 26, 2015.
In another instance, the witness stated that
N88 million was paid into the account by
Danbazau Global Limited and Bambura
Global Company. Danbazua Global Limited
paid N20.3 million into the same account on
January 30, 2015. Under cross-examination
by defence counsel, Mr. Gboyega Oyewole
and Sunday Abumere, the witness informed
the court that DJakes Fast-Food and
Restaurant’s GTBank account was opened in
2007 in Yenogoa.
Another prosecution witness, also a
compliance officer, Mr. Adeniyi Tunde,
testified that both accused persons ran the
accounts in a manner that ran contrary to
banking regulations. Justice Idris adjourned
till December 8, for continuation of trial.
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