Shehu Sani claims tapes presented as evidence against him by the EFCC were doctored
Mon Jan 20, 2020 08:05:am National
1.2K By Afam Jude Offor
The embattled former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to publish the telephone conversation between him and his accuser, Alhaji Sani Dauda (ASD).
The Guardian reports that Sani also vowed to make the full audio conversation he had with Dauda public when his trial begins at the court. It was gathered that the former lawmaker's aide, Suleiman Ahmed, claimed that the audio presented by the EFCC to prove Sani's alleged extortion of Dauda had been doctored. Ahmed said there was nowhere in the audio conversation that indicated his principal was given money. He explained that the $25,000 mentioned in the conversation was the amount Sani paid Dauda who is the chairman of ASD Motors for a Peugeot 508 he bought. Ahmed said that Sani had presented his evidence of purchase to the EFCC, adding that the money was never a bribe given to Sani to bribe the Chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) or EFCC officials as alleged. He also explained that part of the conversation Sani had with the ASD Motors boss was to get him to support his political ambition. According to Ahmed, Sani has never at any point begged the EFCC not to take the audios presented to him by the EFCC to the media. He insisted that the audios had been manipulated to indict Sani and damage his reputation while promising that an authentic full version of the audio conversations would be presented at the court when Sani's trial starts.
The Guardian reports that Sani also vowed to make the full audio conversation he had with Dauda public when his trial begins at the court. It was gathered that the former lawmaker's aide, Suleiman Ahmed, claimed that the audio presented by the EFCC to prove Sani's alleged extortion of Dauda had been doctored. Ahmed said there was nowhere in the audio conversation that indicated his principal was given money. He explained that the $25,000 mentioned in the conversation was the amount Sani paid Dauda who is the chairman of ASD Motors for a Peugeot 508 he bought. Ahmed said that Sani had presented his evidence of purchase to the EFCC, adding that the money was never a bribe given to Sani to bribe the Chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) or EFCC officials as alleged. He also explained that part of the conversation Sani had with the ASD Motors boss was to get him to support his political ambition. According to Ahmed, Sani has never at any point begged the EFCC not to take the audios presented to him by the EFCC to the media. He insisted that the audios had been manipulated to indict Sani and damage his reputation while promising that an authentic full version of the audio conversations would be presented at the court when Sani's trial starts.
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