Nigeria, June 27 -- Two prosecution witnesses, on Thursday, dwelt on the employments of daughter and son-in-law of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, at the family members' joint corruption trial at he FCT High Court in Abuja.

The former minister's daughter, Fatima Sirika, and her husband, Jalal Hamma, are employees of highly sought-after oil sector organisations - the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), respectively.

The couple got the coveted jobs while Mr Sirika was serving as the aviation minister under then-President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alleged that the couple unduly got aviation...