Habib Bank Account Number with no name, and ASP Victor Dilang proceeded to AllStates Trust Bank
Plc., where the Manager gave him another Bank Draft in the name of Marine Float Limited, which
Company the Defendant told him belonged to the then Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. He then lodged
the Bank Draft at Habib Bank, Wuse Branch and returned to meet the Defendant in the Liaison Office.
On his return, the Defendant informed him that the sum of N10Million was to be given to Senator
Nasiru Ibrahim Mantu, but he, ASP Victor Dilang, played no role or Witnessed the giving of the Money.
He was shown Exhibit P4 at Page 3, the Instructions for Payments on the Plateau State Government
Letterhead Paper, and he denied ever seeing it before.
According to him, the Defendant explained to him the reasons for disbursing these Monies, being the
N100million to Mr. Edu, was for PDP South-West, N100million to Marine Float Limited was PDP
North-East, and part of the Money was for Plateau State. However, ASP Victor Dilang did not know
what the N80million paid to the Permanent Secretary was for, and did not know any other
Beneficiary.
ASP Victor Dilang confirmed that he is a Police Officer fighting Corruption and since the Monies paid
were not in Cash, but in Bank Drafts and traceable, with the Source of the Money being the Federal
Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria as the Issuer, he did not suspect that the Money was for
Corruption, and if he knew he would have blown the whistle. According to him, it was an Official
Transaction because he collected the Cheque from a Serving Permanent Secretary.
Finally, he tendered the Witness Summons issued on him, which was admitted without any Objection
as Exhibit D35, explaining the reason why he was not in Court on the day he was summoned.
Under Cross-Examination, ASP Victor Dilang testified that his principal loyalty was to the Nigeria
Police, and his duties were to fight, detect, and arrest crime and he had never performed any duty
outside his legal duties. He was shown Exhibit P14 at Pages 27 and 28, and agreed that it was on the
same day he met with the Permanent Secretary and was given the Central Bank Cheque, that the Two
Bank Drafts were issued to him, as well as the N80Million to the Person who accompanied him. On
that same day as well, the Bank Draft he personally gave to Mr. Yomi Edu, was photocopied, and the
Acknowledgment Copy was signed, which he gave to the Defendant.
As regards the Second Bank Draft, he took it to the Bank and only gave the Deposit Slip to the
Defendant, his Principal on the same day, the 12th of July 2001.
He acknowledged the fact that he was under Oath, stating that the Cheque given to him on the 12th of
July 2001, which he signed for, was a Central Bank Cheque written out in the Name of Plateau State
Government. He knew that a Lodgment of a Cheque would require a Process of Clearance, but did not
know how many days it would take the Cheque to clear, or whether a Cheque must first be cleared
before withdrawals can be made.
He agreed that the Defendant gave him a Note on how the Monies would be disbursed on the 12th. He
was then shown Exhibit P4 at Page 2, the Defendant’s Note that was given to him, and he read out
the Date the Defendant signed the note to be the 19th of July 2001. This Witness had no response
when confronted with the Disparity of the Dates he was instructed, whether the 12th or the 19th.
He was also referred to the Bank’s Minute on the Note, which stated “Please treat as per Customer’s
Request”, and read out the date to be 20th of July 2001, but ASP Victor Dilang in response, claimed the
Letter was addressed to the Bank Manager, to whom he delivered, and his assignment ended there. He
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