PW2, took the Cheque to the Central Bank of Nigeria for Confirmation and on his return, he received a telephone call from the Secretary of the Permanent Secretary of Ecological Services that he should come of the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Kingsley Nkumah with both the Cheque and the Cheque Delivery Register. On getting there, he was directed to release the Cheque to the then Executive Governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Dariye, whom he meet in his Office. One of the Aides to the then Executive Governor, signed for the Cheque after completing the Delivery Register and he released the Cheque to him. It is his evidence that before he prepared the Cheque, part of the Documents he saw were: a. The Approval b. Credit Advice c. The Request from the State Government He identified the Payment Voucher with all the Documents annexed, in particular the Payment Voucher, the Credit Advice, the Request Letter from Plateau State Government, where the VicePresident minuted onto the Minister Special Duties (Ecology), Mr. Yomi Edu, another Request Letter from the Minister of Special Duties to the President, and all other Minuted Documents, which were admitted without Objection as Exhibit P14. He noted that the total amount sought for by Plateau State Government, was Three Billion Naira (N3, 000, 000, 000) but only One Billion, One Hundred and Sixty-One Million, One Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred Naira (N1, 161, 162, 900) was approved. Mr. Adewusi stated that the Approval for the Funds was given on the 12th of July 2001 and the Cheque was written on the same date, with the Governor collecting the Cheque on the same day. Mr. Adewusi had gone to the Central Bank of Nigeria on the 12th of July 2001 for Confirmation and had released the Cheque on the same date to the Defendant, as Governor. He noted that the Cheque was written out in the Name of Plateau State Government and was supposed to be paid into the Plateau State Government Account. Mr. Adewusi stated further, that Dr. Nkumah was dismissed from Service as a result of this issue and from his experience, this was the first time, he would witness a Governor coming Personally to collect a Cheque. Under Cross-Examination, he reiterated the Processes involved in obtaining the Cheque, adding that he did not know what transpired between the Key Parties involved in the Approval of the Ecological Funds. When asked by the Defence Silk, G.S. Pwul, Mr. Adewusi could not answer whether the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Kingsley Nkumah, the Minister of Special Duties, Mr. Yomi Edu, and the then VicePresident of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, were working in close tandem with each other. He was not a Member of their Staff nor worked in their Offices and so, could not explain why the Governor’s Request for Ecological Funds, the Approval of his Request, the Confirmation, the Directive to release the Cheque and the fact that the Executive Governor of Plateau State was Personally waiting to collect the Cheque, ALL HAPPENED on the 12th of July 2001. As regards the Dismissal of the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Kingsley Nkumah, Mr. Adewusi stated that he heard that it was because of his N80 Million Cheque involvement and he considered it pitiful that 76