Witness Says He Was Under Pressure To Change Statement To Favour Former Gov. Suswan

Abubakar Umar,the fourth prosecution witness (PW4) in the ongoing trial of former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam on Monday, February 3, 2020, told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he was under pressure to change his statement to favour Suswan.

Suswam and his former Commissioner of Finance, Okolobia Okpanach, are being prosecuted on a nine count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds to the tune of N3.1 billion, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


At today’s hearing, the PW4, a Bureau De Change operator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Fantfash Resources, Umar, told the court that some influential people have been calling on him, persuading him to change his statement against his former boss, Suswam.