How Badeh bought N320m Abuja house for 28-yr-old son – Witness

A Federal High Court, Abuja, was  told on Wednesday how the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, acquired a building for his 28 year old son, Kam, for N320 million in the Wuse II area of Abuja.

Giving evidence before the court,  retired Air Commodore,  Aliyu Yishau,  a former Director of Finance of the Nigerian Air Force, said Badeh acquired the house in Abuja for his 28-year old son, Kam, with N320m belonging to the Nigerian Air Force.

Yishau stated this while he was being cross examined by the lawyer to Alex Badeh, Akin Olujimi, SAN, insisting that the N320m house was the second landed assets acquired in Wuse II, Abuja by the former Chief of Defence Staff for his children.

According to him, the first located at No: 19 Kumasi Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja was bought for Badeh’s first son, Alex Badeh (Jnr) at N260m. Kam is said to be Badeh’s last son.

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He said: “In my statement to the EFCC, I said the 1st defendant has two properties in Wuse 2 that cost N260m and N320m. The house that cost N320m is the house adjacent to No 19 Kumasi Crescent, which was purchased from Honourable Bature.

“That was the one purchased for the last son of the 1st defendant, by name Kam. I cannot remember the address, but can identify it.”

He also added that N60m was spent to renovate the property worth N260m, while N90m was expended in furnishing the property.

When Olujimi asked him how he came about the information, Yishau said he paid for the houses from the N558.2m taken monthly by Badeh from NAF’s funds.

He said: “I collected the money from the 1st defendant’s (Badeh’s) resident. I take it to my house and ask them to come and collect it. I took the money to his house and he asked me to remove the equivalent of N260m to pay for the house. I deducted the N260m equivalent from the normal monthly N558.2m I take to him.

“He (the 1st defendant always authorises the deduction for payment whenever I take the monthly money to him. I did not give the house renovation job to Engr Salau. I paid N60m for the renovation of the house based on the instruction of my boss, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.”

On the furnishing of the house at No19 Kumasi Crescent, the witness said, “When I received instruction from my boss, I directed my office at the Nigerian Air Force headquarters to liaise with Alex Badeh (Jnr.) and effect the payment of the N90m.”

The trial judge adjourned further trial till May 9

 

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