acknowledged the Signature of the Defendant on the Note dated the 19th, but stated he was not a
Handwriting Expert.
As regards the N80Million Cheque, he was shown Exhibit P7 at Page 2, the Cheque made out to
Union Homes dated 20th July 2001, and he responded that he did not lie when he said the Cheque was
given to him on the 12th. He also was shown Exhibit P7 at Page 3, the Marine Float Cheque, and
acknowledged the date of issuance as 15th August 2001.
According to this Witness, he was also not telling a lie concerning the date he collected the Cheque,
which was the 12th of July 2001, and he did not know whether the Dates were either backdated or
front dated. He was shown the Reverse Side of the Marine Float Cheque, which showed the date of
receipt by the Bank as the 22nd, but maintained the fact that he deposited the Cheque on the 12th. He
was aware that the Bank would sign on the Deposit Slip, and identified the Bank Stamp to be the 22nd
of August 2001, and 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 the Defendant accompanied him to
collect the Cheque on the 12th. According to ASP Victor Dilang, the Defendant made several visitations
to Permanent Secretaries, not only to the Permanent Secretary of Ecological, and 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, which bore the Photograph of the Permanent Secretary, as this
event happened Ten (10) Years 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 identified where he had signed at
ColumnNo. 25, although it was faint. A Clearer Copy of Exhibit P5 was shown to him, and he
identified the Name on the Cheque to be Plateau State Government, and further identified his Name,
and the Amount of N1, 161, 162, 900 as well as the Date, 12th July 2001.
Although he admitted Signing the Register, he denied that the Signature on it belonged to him, as it
was not clear.
According to this Witness, he was not wrong when he signed the Cheque for Plateau State and agreed
that the Money was meant for Plateau State Government. He did not assist the Defendant in
disbursing the N100million 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, or knew 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 in Bank Drafts, were
not Corruption-Based Transactions.
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