The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has demanded to see the death certificate of the former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga.

Counsel to Taiga, Daniel Alumun, had, on November 4, 2023, informed the FCT High Court that his client had died.

Taiga stood trial before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi on bribery allegations in the Gas Supply Processing Agreement between Process and Industrial Development, P&ID, and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

At the case hearing on November 4, 2023, counsel for Taiga told the court that the defendant passed away on August 1, 2023, at a hospital in Abuja and urged the court to dismiss the matter.

Not satisfied with the claim, the counsel for the EFCC, Mohammed Hussain, insisted that Tiaga’s death certificate must be produced before the court as stipulated by law.

Taiga’s counsel pleaded with the court to give him more time to get the certificate, adding that her death certificate was not yet ready.

Justice Adeniyi, however, adjourned until March 6 for a further report on the death certificate.