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Alleged $6bn Mambilla fraud: Obasanjo ready to testify when needed — Witness

A prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has told the Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed readiness to testify on issues surrounding the controversial Mambilla Power Project whenever necessary.

The witness, Umar Hussein Babangida (PW3), made this statement on Monday while being cross-examined by defence counsel Adeola Adedipe (SAN) before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie.

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Four Sylva’s aides still languishing in detention, says spokesman

The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Chief Julius Bokoru, has cried out that four aides who had been arrested and domestic workers of his principal are still languishing in detention.

Bokoru, in a statement titled, “Detention of Sylva’s aides: A call for reason, humanity and due process,” noted that Mr Paganengigha Anagha, the first to be arrested, was still kept in detention.