From Exhibit D6 and D7, the Report did not disclose where the Cheque was lodged. Since the Money
was meant for the People of Plateau State, it would be wrong for the Commissioner to pay this Money
into his Account and further it would be wrong to pay part of this Money as a Bribe to any Officer
from the Ecological Office. Likewise, it would be wrong for any Public Official to pay part of the Money
into an Individual Account for the purpose of purchasing a Property in London, England.
When asked in regard to the N100 Million, which formed part of the Ecological Fund meant for the
Plateau Citizens, but paid to PDP South- West, he agreed that there was nowhere stated that the PDP
should be a Beneficiary of this Sum. He saw nothing wrong in the PDP as a Party assisting other Zones,
as it was a Political Issue. According to him, the Money was not stolen but used for a different
purpose, which it was meant to address.
Mr. Teme agreed with the Prosecution that each Member of the House of Assembly collected N4, 000,
000 as Car Loan, and admitted that N1, 000, 000 was the Threshold as Car Loan.
He acknowledged that it was an Abuse of Office for the Sum of N160, 000, 000, to be paid into
Ebenezer Retnan Venture’s Account. His Panel also considered the issue of Chief Dariye Jumping of
Bail in London and stated that the Plateau State Government did not run a Foreign Account at that
time. He would be surprised that the Defendant had Foreign Accounts in Two Banks for which he
issued Cheques. When shown Exhibits V1 and V3, the Cheques wherein the Defendant had written
the sum of £57, 000 on the 21st of September 2004, he stated that the Owner of the Cheque was
Joshua Chibi Dariye and could not say that he was proud that his Governor operated a Foreign
Account in London and would be surprised a Contractor paid the sum of £396, 000 to buy a Property
for the Defendant in London in the Year 2001.
He agreed with the Prosecution that the Panel’s Recommendation 5 which had found the various
allegations against the Defendant as baseless and unsubstantiated, to be 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 that the Defendant was exonerated on the allegations
of the Cheque. Further, 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 Mr. Teme, his Company did not execute any Contract for the Plateau State Government
around September 2006, and even when the Company was awarded a contract by a Local
Government in Plateau State, he had already resigned as a Board Member of his Company although he
was the Sole Signatory of the Account.
There was no Re-Examination.
DW3, John Michael Abdul, a Former Deputy Governor of Nassarawa State from 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. His entire
testimony is contained in the 2nd Set of Circumstances relating to Plateau State/Accountant-General’s
Accounts and will constitute an unnecessary repetition if stated here.
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