Nigeria, June 27 -- A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial-within-trial of a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the former Minister voluntarily gave multiple confessional statements regarding the corruption allegations against him to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the presence of his lawyers.

Testifying before a judge, James Omotosho, the first prosecution witness, Abubakar Kwaido, an EFCC investigator, dismissed claims by the defence that Mr Mamman's statements were obtained under duress.

A statement by the EFCC, posted on the agency's Facebook page on Thursday, said Mr Kwaido told the judge that the former minister personally wrote or dictated his statements be...