Officers. That they took along with them fake appointment letters from the house of
the 1st Defendant.
I have also perused Exhibits A – A25 – the fake employment letters. The PW4 gave
evidence explaining the difference between the Exhibits A – A25 and the original
employment letters. Exhibits B-B76 are also fake Acceptance Forms found in the
house of the 1st Defendant. Exhibit C-C10 are different files containing Acceptance
forms, credentials and other documents relating to the fake employment letters. The
1st Defendant’s statement under caution is Exhibit F. I have gone through it. He
admitted collecting up to 5 -6 Million Naira from people which he allegedly remitted
to one Abdullai Seidu.
The 2nd Defendant in Exhibit F1 - his written statement to the NSCDC admitted that
he was met filling acceptance form of the NSCDC.
The 1st Defendant’s evidence is
that he transferred same and made other direct payment to Seidu Abdullai. There is
no evidence of such payment or transfer. The evidence of DW2 is that he came to
visit DW1. That he sat in his room before Civil Defence people came to meet him.
That was how they picked him. The evidence in chief is at variance with his evidence
during Cross-examination. He said when he came he did not meet the 1st Defendant.
That he was outside the house. That he cannot remember how many people were in
the house. In his statement Exhibit F1, he admitted filling forms. In his evidence, he
denied writing a statement that he was filling forms. PW4 stated in evidence he paid
money into the 1st Defendant’s account. That he paid money for Civil Defence job on
behalf of his younger ones.
That 1st Defendant called his younger ones for
documentation. They gave appointment letters to two out of three of them. The
evidence is that the Defendants are not members of staff of the Civil Defence but said
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