A legal practitioner, Nnedimma Eiyisi, on Monday testified against a Briton and Director of Process and Industrial Development Limited, James Nolan, at a Federal High Court in Abuja.
The lawyer was led in evidence-in-chief by the counsel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bala Sanga.
Eiyisi revealed how she registered another company, Micad Project City Services Limited, at the Corporate Affairs Commission on Nolan’s instruction.
The lawyer, who is Prosecution Witness 3, made the revelation before Justice Obiora Egwuatu.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the anti-graft agency had sued Micad Project City Services Limited and Nolan as 1st and 2nd defendants in the money laundering charge filed before Justice Egwuatu.
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The judge had granted the EFCC’s application to continue Nolan’s trial in absentia after he jumped bail and fled the country since 2022.
Although Nolan was said to have been arrested by the International Criminal Police Organisation on January 27 in Italy, he is yet to be extradited back to Nigeria to face his trial.
Giving her testimony on Monday, Eiyisi said: “I am a lawyer at Ivory Chambers.
“I am here in respect of CAC documents I filed for Micad Project City Services Limited on the instruction of Nolan.
“Sometime in 2016, my principal informed me that a client will give me a call to file a CAC document.
“Later that day, I received a call from the client who introduced himself as James Nolan.
“He informed me that he needs to bring himself in as a director of the company.
“I asked who are the directors and he gave me information and this was filed at CAC.
“I informed him that I will prepare the CAC Form 7 and leave it with the secretary so that the directors can sign.
“Couple of weeks later, our secretary informed me that I have documents and inside the documents was CAC Form 7, board resolution appointing James Nolan as the director, consent letter accepting to be director by James Nolan.
“Once I received these documents, I proceeded to CAC to file the same.
“After a couple of days, I checked back and the application was approved.
“So I made the necessary payment and came back a couple of days later to collect the CTC (certified true copies) of these documents
“Immediately I collected the documents, I left it with the office secretary for dispatch and called the client to inform him that the documents are ready.”
The witness admitted that she was invited by the EFCC in respect of CAC Form 7, which she filed on Nolan’s behalf.
The document was then admitted in evidence and marked as exhibit by the judge after Nolan’s lawyer, Michael Ajara, did not oppose its admissibility.
After Eiyisi was cross examined by Ajara, she was discharged from the witness box and the trial was adjourned until March 12 for continuation.
Meanwhile, before the commencement of trial, Justice Egwuatu asked Ajara if Nolan’s whereabouts had been known.
The Judge asked: “Have you not seen your client, Mr. Ajara?”
The lawyer responded in the negative.
Justice Egwuatu then asked rhetorically: “So who is paying you since you have still not seen him?”
Ajara responded: “My lord, we are relying on the prosecution to assist us (to find him).”
Sanga, however, informed the judge that Nolan was arrested on January 27 in Italy by the INTERPOL.
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