A witness in the ongoing trial of former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, Irile Fidelis, on Thursday, Jan. 29, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja, that he knew nothing about a building called NITEL Quarters that was purportedly constructed for the Kogi State government by his company during the tenure of Abubakar Audu as governor of the state. Fidelis, who was the human resource manager of Bulkon Nigeria Limited, while being led in evidence by counsel to EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, said “I didn’t play any role in the construction of the building called NITEL quarters that people rumoured to be Audu’s property.”

When shown exhibits P144 – P154 containing agreement between the Kogi State government and Bukon Nigeria Limited, the witness identified the documents as belonging to his company and duly signed by the accountant.

“I only knew about these documents in 2006 when EFCC came for investigation in my company,” he said.

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