Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, heard from a crime investigator on Wednesday that former Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika allegedly imposed his friend on the ministry to be engaged for a failed Nigeria Air-related contract in 2023.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator Christopher Odofin said this in his testimony as the 12th prosecution witness in Mr Sirika's corruption trial.

Mr Sirika is facing prosecution alongside two family members and a firm on six corruption charges that partly centre on an alleged N1.3 billion contract the aviation ministry awarded in 2023 to Gabriel Tilmann, a professor.

EFCC alleged that Mr Sirika corruptly awarded the consultancy s...