The duo are former administrator and former accountant of the hospital, Fadimatu Sani Yakubu and Ibrahim Sani Husseini respectively, who are standing trial over alleged misappropriation of N51,168,368.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned before a High Court in Yola, two former principal officials of Adamawa/German hospital in Adamawa State.
The duo are former administrator and former accountant of the hospital, Fadimatu Sani Yakubu and Ibrahim Sani Husseini respectively, who are standing trial over alleged misappropriation of N51,168,368.
In a suit with case no, HC/ADST/118/C/2022, the duo were arraigned on ten count charges of criminal breach of trust by public servants contrary to section 306 of the Penal code laws of Adamawa State.
The EFCC alleged that the duo were issuing fake receipts bearing Gabbyto Pharmacy Ltd cash/credit invoices and that of one company named G & G Ventures to defraud the hospital (Adamawa-German medical centre) for their selfish interests.
At a hearing on Thursday before the court presided over by Justice Danladi Muhammad, the EFCC counsel, Barrister A.M Labaran told the court that the accused persons conspired and committed the alleged offences sometimes between January and December 2018 while holding serving as administrator and Accountant at the centre.
Barrister Lawan while leading the prosecution witnesses in testimony tendered four receipts where the owner of the Gabbyto Pharmacy Ltd, Gabriel Okwuma, was ordered to compare the original and fake receipts and explain to the court the identity of his authentic receipts and invoices which he did by saying his company's receipt has only 4 digits while the fake one has 6-8 digits on it.
Also in his testimony, the second witness in the case, Mr. Cosmas Anene of Cosmamaco Investment Nigeria told the court the name G & G ventures given as his company was not correct stressing that his firm supply car batteries and not pharmaceutical items.
Barrister Lawan asked the court to admit and mark those receipts as exhibits A to D which would be used as evidences in the future hearing (trial proceedings).
On his part, the defence counsel, Barrister Salihu Adamu also led the two witnesses docked by clarifying relevant informations about their businesses receipts and contractual engagements with the Adamawa German Hospital in which Mr. Gabriel of Gabbyto pharmacy confirmed that his company had business engagements.
The second witness, Mr. Anene denied in categorical terms of any business relationship between his company and the Adamawa German medical centre as tendered by the prosecution.
After exhausting the testimonies of the witnesses by the prosecution and defence counsels, the court adjourned the case to the 1st of March 2023 for continuation of proceedings.