Nigeria, June 11 -- An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator on Wednesday told an FCT High Court in Abuja how former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, allegedly disguised an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft as Nigeria's national carrier during the former President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

EFCC's 12th prosecution witness, Christopher Odofin, revealed that the aircraft was loaned to Nigeria for just three days from 27 to 29 May 2023. He testified that the plane was flown back to Ethiopia immediately after being passed off as a Nigeria Air national carrier.

According to the witness, this was contained in a portion of the contract agreement with Ethiopian Airlines, which he read out in court.

Mr Odofin also told ...