Former attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice Mohammed Adoke has petitioned the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu to investigate email evidence presented by prosecutors in the Malabu trial in Milan, Italy.
In his petition filed by another former AGF Kanu Agabi and dated February 5, Mr Adoke claimed that the evidence presented against him at the Italian court was “forged” with the intent to interfere with the course of justice.
The petition titled “Forgery of Document for Purposes of Unlawful Interference With the Course of Justice” claimed that although those behind the alleged “forgery” are unknown, they can be unmasked by the security operatives.
Adoke also urged the police boss to look into the email evidence, as well as another audio evidence earlier presented against him in the trial.
His reaction comes in the wake of the Milan court’s acceptance of evidence sourced from US banking giant JP Morgan as part of the Malabu OPL 245 corruption trial.
Prosecutors claim that Adoke sent instructions about the transfer of OPL245 $1.1billion payment by Eni and Shell from the email address of a certain A Group Properties, said to be owned by a man named Abubakar Aliyu.
A statement circulated by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) last week said the Milan court denied Adoke’s claim that the email was not his.
Meanwhile, Adoke and several others are also facing money laundering charges in Nigeria over the Malabu deal.
