other Stamps were dated the 23rd and 24th of August 2001. He confirmed not seeing any July date on
the Cheque.
When asked, he answered that he would be surprised to know that the Defendant accompanied him
to collect the Cheque on the 12th. According to DW15, the Defendant made several visitations to
Permanent Secretaries, not only to the Permanent Secretary of Ecological, and they may have met on
other days.
He did not know Mr. Adewusi James Olanrewaju, the man in charge of Payment as he was only
directed to meet the Permanent Secretary, who then called a Staff. It was this Staff, who brought a
Register for him to sign but before signing, the Permanent Secretary enquired about the Defendant’s
whereabouts. According to him, it was this Staff, who gave him the Cheque and it was in the
Permanent Secretary’s Office that he signed for the Cheque. He could not identify the Permanent
Secretary when shown Exhibit P8, the Mandate Card, which bore the Passport Photograph of the
Permanent Secretary, as this event happened 10Years ago.
As regards to whether it was within his Schedule of Duties to collect a Cheque for Plateau State
Government, he replied it was not within his Schedule to sign Cheques for Plateau State Government
and in this instance, he was not sent to sign a Cheque for Plateau State, but to sign a Cheque, which he
did not know what it was meant for.
He was shown Exhibit P14, where he endorsed him Signature, and he identified where he had signed
in Serial Number 25, although it was faint. A Clearer Copy Exhibit P5 was shown to him, and he
identified from the Register, his Name, and the Name on the Cheque to be Plateau State Government,
written out in the Sum of N1, 161, 162, 900 dated The 12th of July 2001.
Although he admitted signing the Register, he denied the Signature being his, as it was not clear.
According to this Witness, he was not wrong when he signed the Cheque for Plateau State
Government and agreed that the Money was meant for Plateau State Government. He did not assist
the Defendant in disbursing the Sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100, 000, 000) each to PDP
South-West and PDP North-East, because he was carrying out an ad hoc duty on the instruction of the
Defendant. He did not know the Monies were Public Funds, but agreed the Cheque was meant for the
Plateau State Government. Although, the Drafts had their origin from the Cheque, he could not say
whether PDP South-West and PDP North-East were part of Plateau State Government, and neither did
he know if it was wrong to give State Funds to PDP South-West and PDP North-East. It was his
understanding that all the transactions he had carried out concerning the Bank Drafts, were not
Corruption-Based Transactions.
DW15 stated that he has a Diploma in Accounting and an Advance Diploma in Law and Conflict
Management and is aware of what constitutes a Crime, but did not see any Crime in his actions, as the
Monies where in Bank Drafts and not in Ghana-must-go Bags. Further, the Defendant did not give him
any Account Number, or Account Number of Plateau State to pay in any Money, and neither did he
benefit from the Cheque. What the Defendant simply told him was, some of the Monies were for PDP
Plateau State.
At this point, and as an aside, the Court finds it pertinent to comment on the credibility of this
Witness. It is uncertain that he fully understood the implication of his testimony under Oath. He had
used different, conflicting testimony, back flipping and front flipping on glaring Documentary
Evidence, and it was a great wonder that he could untangle himself from the complicated labyrinth of
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