Joyce Oyebanjo, who had approximately £200, 000 in her Bank Account, had her Account frozen, and
subsequently confiscated through a Court Order and then the Monies were repatriated to Nigeria. She
was then prosecuted for Money Laundering Offences, convicted and imprisoned for Three and a Half
(31/2) Years.
Other Documents obtained by Mr. Peter Clark included, Payment Instructions to Barclays Bank,
evidence of Telegraphic Transfers from Metropolitan Bank, showing Monies received into his
Solicitor’s Account for the purchase the N0.18 Cambridge Square, London West Property.
The Prosecution then tendered through this Witness, the following Documents, namely: • Four Number Set of Diplomatic Privileges admitted without Objection as Exhibit R;
• Documents emanating from Barclays Bank admitted without Objection as Exhibit S;
• The Defence on the basis of Lack of Evidentiary Foundation and Absence of Certification
objected to three Sets of Photographic Albums of Currency. The Objections were overruled and
provisionally admitted with emphasis placed as to weight as Exhibits T1 and T2;
• Notice on Persons subjected to Financial Investigation admitted without Objection as Exhibit
U;
• Copies of Three Cheques the Defendant was running whilst he was Governor admitted as
Exhibits V1-V3;
• Tellers of Six Statements of Account belonging to Joyce Oyebanjo admitted as Exhibits V4-V9;
• Two Bank Tellers admitted as Exhibits V10-V11;
• The Original of the Bank Draft provisionally admitted as Exhibit V12 with directions for
Address at the Conclusion of the Case.
Mr. Peter Clark demonstrated Exhibits S and V, the details of Pinnacles Communications transfer of
Funds in regard to the purchase of the London Apartment, and transfer payments made to NatWest
Bank.
According to him, Pinnacles Communications Ltd made a Transfer of £34, 000 to the Solicitors,
Rowberry Morris, which Sum represented Part of the Purchase Price for the Apartment and which
had the Value Date stated as 13th September 2001. In Page 4 of Exhibit S, relating to the Sum of
£369, 424. 63, this Sum was from Pinnacle Communications Ltd to the same Solicitors effected on the
19th of September 2001.
In Page 4 of Exhibit V, a Credit for the Sum of £50, 000 was paid in by Pinnacle Communications Ltd
on the 12th of December 2001 and credited into the NatWest Account Number 79703941, operated by
Joshua Dariye. He did not know why the Sum of £50, 000 was paid but surmised that it was to credit
the Account and not used towards the Apartment.
Under Cross-Examination by the Defence, Mr. Peter Clark stated that he retired on the 9th of March
2015 and prior to his retirement, was a Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police, which
position he held till his retirement. In 2002, he took an examination, which qualified him to become a
Financial Investigator. His Supervisor was Mr. Robert Ingram but he Personally was responsible for
the investigation. After his retirement, the Files he was investigating on, were transferred to a Unit
now called National Crimes Agency. At the time of his retirement, he had concluded his investigation
on the Defendant, which included the Arrest Warrant and Forfeiture.
When asked whether if it was Senator Nasiru Mantu, who informed him that the Defendant was in the
United Kingdom, Mr. Clark answered in the negative stating the source of his information to be the
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