awarded but not yet executed before he assumed Office, and part of his Mandate was to ensure that the Execution was high priority. He tendered the following Certified Documents into evidence with Reserved Address on the Objections raised by the Prosecution, who contended that these Certified Documents pertained to Correspondence between the Governor of Plateau State and Pinnacle Communications, which were neither copied nor directed to him or to the Minister of Information. These Certified Documents were admitted by the Court with a Suspended Objection as follows: A. A Certified Letter from Pinnacle addressed to the Governor of Plateau State dated the 5th of March 2002 as Exhibit D30; B. A Letter from the Governor of Plateau State signed by the General Manager of PRTV dated the 9th of April 2002 as Exhibit D31; C. A Letter from Harris Systems Limited addressed to Government House in Jos dated the 30th of May 2001 as Exhibit D32. This Letter had attachments, namely: - A Memo written from the Secretary to the State Government to the State Governor dated the 30th of May 2001 and another Letter from Pinnacle Communications Limited to the Governor of Plateau State dated the 25th of May 2001, and finally, a Letter written from PRTV to the Governor of Plateau State dated the 6th of June 2001. He was shown Exhibits D26A and D26B and he confirmed that he knew Engineer Israel Dabel, as the Director of Engineering in PRTV and knew of the Award Letter. He had reviewed all the Documents relating to Pinnacle and he had been part of the Delegation to Harris in the United Kingdom to meet with its Chief Executive Officer. They were to confirm that the Equipment ordered to be manufactured, complied with the Specifications before Shipment. This Inspection led to the Certification by the Director of Engineering, Mr. Dabel and the General Manager of PRTV, whereupon the Equipment were shipped to Nigeria, subsequently inspected by a Team, before they were installed. This Project was of high priority due to the situation of unrest prevalent in the State, which occurred based on Misinformation. The Provision of this Equipment quelled the unrest, in that, there was now Real Time Information to the Entire State. Usually, Request for Payments come from the Agency where it is executed, and Payments are made based on Approval by the Governor and the Availability of Funds. The Office of the Commissioner of Finance would definitely play a role in the Payment. He named Members of his Group of Honourable Members of the House of Assembly as well as Commissioners that wrote and signed a Letter of Petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair through Baroness Cox and had visited the United Kingdom in order to submit the Petition, which drew the attention of the Prime Minister to the global terror threat manifesting in Plateau State. They had also recommended the convening of an urgent meeting of the Heads of Government of Nigeria and some African Countries on the need for action to stem the killings that was occurring. They had further drawn attention to the truncation of Democracy in Nigeria. Dr. Patrick Dakum stated that his own Original Document of this Petition was destroyed due to the flood in his house and he had obtained a Copy from one of his Fellow Petitioners. Due to the fact that it was an Advocacy, they did not have an Original Copy, and this Copy was submitted and provisionally admitted as Exhibit D33. 89

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