So I waited for him till 5-6pm and he came back with a bag and gave me N100,000 at the backyard. So I collected the money and left. Some weeks later, I started hearing the rumour that the money he got was more than N1.2 million, so I called him on phone and ask the defendant that how can he give me N100,000 when the money is more than N1.2 million? He said I shouldn’t worry as he would do something for me as there are many people in the business. To date he has not return the cheque book. At the time he said I shouldn’t worry, he was at his home village at Akwa Ibom State. When he came back my parents were already arrested by EFCC in Enugu and I told him the business was of N18,000,000 not N1.2 million as he said. He said I should not expose those involved otherwise myself will also be arrested. He subsequently change his line and can no longer reach him, but later I was invited by EFCC, Enugu Office where I was asked whether I know the defendant after they showed me his picture? I said I don’t know him because the defendant said all of us will go to prison if I expose him. I made a statement at EFCC of there in Enugu. The officials of EFCC then took me to Diamond Bank office at Okpara Avenue, Enugu and showed me the coloured picture in the system and they confirm it was not me. I was then ask to go to Kaduna EFCC office and I was there and also made statement. They then ask me to find a way to get the defendant arrested. I later chattered with the defendant on face book and he responded by asking me the position of the case. I told him the case was settled. After some month the defendant came back to Enugu at that Police Detective College. When the EFCC Kaduna called me I told them that the defendant is back at that time. After some weeks, I told the defendant to Page 8 of 34

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