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BVN exposed Badeh’s link to N240m house, says witness

Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.)

An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Abubakar Madaki, told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, how Bank Verification Number exposed how a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), was linked to a N240m worth of property in Abuja.

Madaki said he was the head of one of the EFCC’s Task Force teams that investigated a report from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2015 leading to 10 counts of money laundering instituted against Badeh and a company, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited.

The EFCC investigator, testifying as the 19th prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Badeh, said the ex-Chief of Air Staff bought the property at 19 Ogun River Crescent, Abuja, for his son, Alex Badeh (Jnr), in 2013.

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