From Yakubu Busari,Jos
The Plateau State High Court presided over by Justice Christine Dabup has adjourned to November 9 and 10, 2020 for continuation of hearing and cross examination of the principal witness in a case of criminal conspiracy, arson and money laundering to the tune of N100million
Chief Edinen Usoroh is the principal witness, while Mr Benjamin Lahor and Philip Achor are the accused, standing trial for defrauding Usoroh, Managing Director of Gurad Limited, of N100m.
The Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, of the Ministry of Justice, is prosecuting the case, with Barr Longden Jacob as Counsel.
During cross- examination by Barr Jacob of DPP, Usoro said he employed Mr Benjamin Lahor as the accountant of the company because he knew him right from the village.
He was promoted to the position of a branch manager of Executive Security Guard limited with the headquarters in Jos.
He emphasized that the scheduled of duty of the company as a managing director of the executive guard limited was to oversee the policy implementation as directed by the board of directors of the security outfit.
The company, which Usoroh said was established in 1998, has the department of security operation, financial and marketing were staff would be recruited to provide security protection to their clients and protection of lives and properties.
Usoroh reiterated that one of the laid- down rules of the company is that all money sent by their clients goes directly into the company account domiciled at Access Bank and FCMB bank .
Chief Usoroh said he has been receiving series of complaints from his clients over the misconduct of the security personnel posted on duty that they are not paid to discharge their function effectively, with some even abandoning their duty posts.
He said that as the company’s managing director he commenced investigation into the allegations and found that Lahor, the first defendant was not providing the company with the necessary information to reconcile its financial disposition.
He said; “After series of investigation, we discovered that 6.7 million naira is still missing but the defendants trick the security personnel posted on night duty to set the entire edifice on fire to enable them destroy vital documents linking the company financial position,” he added.
