A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned till July 10 for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to present its remaining witnesses and close the case against social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, better known as Mompha.
Mompha was re-arraigned on March 2 on a 22-count charge, alongside his firm, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd, for alleged cyber fraud and laundering of N32.9billion fraud.
The EFCC alleges that Mompha belonged to an organised transnational cyber fraud network which he used in laundering funds to acquire properties in the United Arab Emirates.
Mompha has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
During proceedings on Wednesday, the EFCC presented an accountant, Abiodun Audu, as witness.
Mr Audu told the court about the tax return forms for Mompha’s company.
He said a man identified as Alhaji Hamodu, a director in Mompha’s firm, contacted him to file the tax returns for the company.
He also said the man required him to input July 2016 to June 2017 in the tax return to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
During cross-examination by Mompha’s counsel, the witness said Hamodu, a bureau de change operator, supplied the information on the company’s self-assessment form.
But during re-examination by the EFCC, Audu said both Hamodu and Mompha’s signatures were on the company’s tax self-assessment form.
Justice Mohammed Liman adjourned proceedings until July 10 and directed the EFCC to present its last set of witnesses at the next adjourned date.
