An Abuja division of the Federal high court has admitted in evidence, two phones belonging to Professor Cyril Ndifon, The suspended dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar.
On Monday, Justice James Omotosho admitted two phones which include an Oppo phone and a Techno pova phone as Exhibits N and O respectively.
Recall on Friday, the Federal High Court in Abuja, granted bail to Professor Ndifon, in the sum of N250 million with two sureties in the like sum.
Justice Omotosho, also granted Sunny Anyanwu, a lawyer charged alongside Mr Ndifon, a N50 million bail with two sureties, making a total of N300 million for the duo.
The duo were charged to court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC).
What happened in court
At the resumption of trial, The ICPC Lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha told the court that he has two witnesses to present to the court today.
First was Karngong Isaac Tani, third prosecution witness and Fungo Y., who is the fourth prosecution witness, a forensic and intelligence analyst for the ICPC.
PW3 said “I am the only one who has access to the exhibit room. I have handgloves that I wear so that there will be no contamination.
“I received two exhibits in respect to this case. The first exhibit is aerial number 349 and second is 353.
“I received an Oppo phone and Tecno Phone. I received two documents for two phones.”
He tendered the phones and they were admitted as evidence before the court.
The third prosecution witness noted that he received the phones on 9th, October 2023.
Background
On 25 January, Mr Ndifon, a professor of law, appeared as the 1st defendant, and Mr Anyanwu as the 2nd defendant, in a re-arraignment on an amended four-count charge of alleged sexual harassment and attempt to pervert the course of justice.
Mr Anyanwu, a member of the defence team, was included in the amended charge filed on 22 January by the ICPC. The allegation against him stemmed from a phone call made to one of the prosecution witnesses, identified as TKJ (not real name), during the pendency of the charge against Mr Ndifon, purportedly to threaten her.