“EFCC sent a letter during that period requesting for the statement of account and account opening documents.
“The letter was forwarded to my Adeola Hopewell Street branch.
“We gathered all the documents requested by EFCC and forwarded same to our compliance department.
“The compliance department forwarded same to EFCC alongside the covering letter signed by the Head of Compliance and another compliance officer”.
Mr Oyedepo sought to tender the documents in evidence. Counsel to the first defendant Gbenga Oyewole objected to the admissibility of the document saying the document is a Skye Bank letter addressed to the EFCC and should not be tendered by a Skye Bank official.
He stated that the proper party to tender the document would be the EFCC. He also stated that the said witness is not a signatory to the letter.
Counsels to the second and third defendants aligned themselves with the submission of Mr Gbenga Oyewole.
After counter arguments and deliberation, Justice Kuewumi admitted the documents in evidence as exhibts Aa1, Aa2, Aa3 and Aa4 respectively.
Prosecuting counsel proceeded to ask Uche Obiakor if there was any means of identification presented when the accounts were open to which she answered “Yes”.
Asked for the comment written on the means of the identification and she stated, that “my colleague Damola Boladokun sighted the original documents”.
Asked to tell the court her role in opening Avalon Global Property Development Company’s account, she said:
“I collected all the necessary documents to open the account and my duty is to sight the means of identification along with all the Corporate Affairs documents and return to the company but in this case, my colleague Damola Boladokun sighted the originals”.
The matter was adjourned to January 23 2017 for further hearing.
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