DW9, Honourable Banahel Joseph Andong, the Acting District Head and Traditional Ruler of Monguna District, Jos testified that in 1999, he was elected Member of the House of Assembly representing Bokkos Constituency in Plateau State under the Platform of the PDP, and served as Chairman, House Committee on Works, Housing and Transport and named the other Members of this Committee. He carried out Oversight Functions in areas of Jos Metropolis at Bokkos Barkin Ladi Road, Lantang Mikkan Dams, and some others in Three Zonal Areas of Jos. The work in Bokkos involved Reclamation of Roads, Ponds and Drainages, and in Langtang, the Project was Reactivating Dams built during Solomon Lar’s Civilian Government. In the Northern Zones, Erosion Control of Waterway Projects was undertaken. Whenever, there were overflows of the Yakubu Gowon’s Dam causing Casualties to People, Property and Houses, the Government did a wonderful job by arresting the situation. He knew nothing of the Funding of these Projects but only knew that the Federal Government intervened to solve their Ecological Problems. Again, he did not know how the Assistance was rendered, whether Financial, with Labour or with Equipment. The remainder of his 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. DW10, Mr. Gideon Mitu, a Civil Servant with the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as a Deputy Director, Expenditure and Social Division, joined the Federal Service in August 2009, on a Transfer of Service from Plateau State Government. He had attained the Rank of Permanent Secretary before his Transfer and had been employed in the Ministry of Education and deployed to the Cabinet Office. He was also from Bokkos Local Government and was from the same Local Government as the Defendant. He had become Permanent Secretary in the Year 2000 and immediately after, was deployed to the Abuja Liaison Office of Plateau State. He explained his job functions, which principally were to take care of all matters relating to Plateau State Government, the Governor and the State Officials during their stay in Abuja. He also delivered Correspondences to and from his State Government, promptly. Under Cross-Examination by the Prosecution, he agreed that he was from the same Local Government, Local Dialect and Chiefdom as the Defendant, but from a different Village. He gave a track history of his educational background and job progression through the ranks until he became Permanent Secretary in December 2000. He had still been working with the Press in 1999 and stated that he became Secretary at the Cabinet Office within a Period of One Month in June 1999. In September 2000, barely a Year and Few Months, the Defendant made him Permanent Secretary and then posted to the Liaison Office in Abuja, as a trusted hand. He was lucky and grateful the Defendant was Governor, because he helped his Career, Growth and Development and had put his Ethnic Group on the Map. As Permanent Secretary, he had never received any Funds on behalf of the Plateau State Government and the Federal Government paid the State Allocations from the Revenue Account, directly into the Plateau State Government’s Account. He finally stated that it was wrong for this Allocation to be paid into a Public Officer’s Private Account. Under Re-Examination, he stated that there was no Rank between a Secretary and a Permanent Secretary. DW11, Prof. Danladi Atu working at the Faculty of Education, Social Science University of Abuja testified that he had been Secretary to the Local Government from 1999 to 2002 and then Chairman from 2002 to 2007, following his Appointment by the Defendant and Subsequent Approval by the House of Assembly. He described the hilly, steep and sloppy terrain of Jos North, stating that this Area 86

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