Eze Sampson

A prosecution witness, Ramalan Abdullahi, has told the FCT High Court Maitama how a luxury property located at No. 35 Danube Street, Maitama, Abuja, was allegedly purchased for about ₦950 million paid in United States dollars in the ongoing trial linked to former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. Testifying before Justice Maryanne Anineh, the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) legal practitioner said he conducted due diligence on the property in 2022 after being contacted by a friend. He told the court that the transaction involved Ali Bello and Shehu Bello, and that the property was eventually assigned to White Tree…

A witness testimony presented in court has shed new light on the ongoing trial of individuals accused of plotting to violently overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration, with one of the defendants, Zekeri Umoru, claiming he was unknowingly drawn into the alleged conspiracy through contacts inside the Presidential Villa. Umoru, the fourth defendant and a maintenance worker at the Presidential Villa employed through Julius Berger Nigeria, told investigators in a recorded extra-judicial statement that his involvement began in May 2025 after he was introduced to key individuals through Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim, attached to the Presidential Clinic. According to his account, Ibrahim…