A prosecution witness, Mrs Jane Asuquo, on Wednesday, narrated to the Federal High Court in Abuja, how a former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, Haruna Momoh, allegedly siphoned funds belonging to the agency through his wife, Ochuko Momoh.
Testifying as the first prosecution witness in the criminal case involving the couple, Asuquo alleged that Momoh perpetrated the alleged fraud between 2012 and 2015, the period of his tenure as the agency’s MD.
Although it named Momoh as the first defendant in the case, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission alleged that he was on the run.
The agency had arraigned his wife, Ochuko, along with Blessing Azuka-Ngozi, Stanbic-IBTC Bank Plc, Energopol Nigeria Limited, Blaid Construction Limited and Blaid Farms Limited on amended 13 counts of fraud.
Led in evidence by ICPC’s prosecuting counsel, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, Asuquo said the commission had in 2015 received a petition against Momoh.
