Voucher would need to be raised by the Permanent Secretary, before any amount is withdrawn from
that Account.
He was not sure when the Direct Labour Agency Law was passed or when the Agency itself was set
up, as he was not a Legislator at that time nor a Member when the Equipment were purchased by the
Agency.
He agreed with the Prosecution that what he had earlier testified as to the Summoning of the Head of
the Agency and his evidence pertaining to the Procurement of the Equipment, were not reflected in
the House of Assembly Committee Report. He also agreed with the Prosecution that the Committee’s
Recommendation 5, which had found the various Allegations against the Defendant to be baseless
and unsubstantiated, was a wrong recommendation. However, he disagreed that Recommendation
6, which exonerated the Defendant was not wrong, though he later flipped by saying it was wrong the
Defendant was exonerated on the Allegations of the Ecological Cheque.
He further stated that the House of Assembly adopted the Report at Plenary, and even though there
was a Resolution, which ought to be contained in another Paper, there was no evidence of such
Resolution in Exhibits D6 or D7.
According to him, his own Personal Company did not execute any Contract for the Plateau State
Government, and around September 2006, when his Company was awarded a Contract by one of the
Local Governments in Plateau State, he had already resigned as a Board Member of his Company even
though he was still the Sole Signatory of the Account.
There was no Re-Examination.
DW3, Mr. John Mike Abdul, a Former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State from Years 2007 to 2011,
and now a Businessman and Politician, testified that he and the Defendant were once Co-Workers at
Lion Bank Plc. Whilst the Defendant eventually served on the Board of Directors as a Director, he rose
through the Ranks to become the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank.
At the time he served as the Managing Director of Lion Bank Plc., the EFCC requested the Bank to
supply information on the Mandate of some of Plateau State Government Accounts, which they
obliged. Thereafter, the EFCC wrote another Letter demanding explanations on certain Cheques. He
could not meet up with the Request at the time, because the Bank had just lost the Chairman of the
Board, and had also only just moved its Headquarters from Jos to Abuja. On his resumption after the
funeral, he received another Letter from the EFCC demanding for Certain Instruments that were
issued.
He was invited to the EFCC Office, where he tried to explain his inability to provide the requested
information on time since he had just resumed and needed time to put it together. The EFCC did not
accept his explanation, so they conveyed him to their Lagos Office around the 10th of March 2004,
where he made a Statement, which he identified as Exhibit D3 in Court.
His Second Statement dated the 1st of February 2006 was written long after he left the services of Lion
Bank. Whilst in EFCC Custody, the then General Manager Lion Bank replied the EFCC’s Letter dated
the 15th of October 2004, through a Letter dated the 11th of November 2004, explaining Certain Issued
Instruments. The Letter of Explanation from the Bank was tendered without any Objection and
admitted as Exhibit D8. Another Letter from the EFCC requesting further information was tendered
without Objection as Exhibit D9. A Staff named Mr. Bismang replied and he tendered this Letter dated
the 11th of November 2004 without Objection, which was admitted as Exhibit D10.
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