There is no way that the Defendant, having a sense of Responsibility would
not have queried the Fact that barely Five (5) Weeks after he Approved the
Sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N250, 000, 000) for
Stationeries and Office Equipment meant for the benefit of Taraba State
Government, yet another request in a Huge Sum could be made. Did he
question, What the Extra Stationeries and Extra Equipment were for,and
why so soon?Why were these Stationeries not purchased and delivered?
Why was the Assignment given to Salman Global Ventures, who had shown
beyond every Reasonable Doubt, their failure to perform on Contracts?
Did the Defendant explain away yet another interference on how this Sum
was to be distributed? Did he contemplate a Court Action for Breach of
Contract and Unlawful Interference, if the Transactions were Legitimate? Did
he convene a Committee of Inquiry into the apparent pilfering of his State’s
Funds?
These Questions have been invariably answered through the Evidence
proferred across board. The Golden Answer is that HE DID NOTHING
thereby betraying the Trust Tarabans placed on him, to ensure the Progress
and Prosperity of the State.
His Oath of Office crystallized this Trust and his Shortcomings,was exposed
by the Flagrant Breach of every Financial Rule and Regulations that ought to
be rested in his Bosom.
Therefore, in conclusion, the Defendant as a Public Servant being Governor
of Taraba State, and having Dominion and certainly Control over the Funds
of Taraba State, was entrusted by the Citizenry of Taraba State to administer
and execute Projects or Activities that would enhance and preserve the
Progress of his State, especially the Economic Progress of his State. By the
fact that this Funds had no Root Source and was only discovered in a Drawer
in the Office of the Commissioner of Finance, and by the fact that upon being
aware of the Cheque, ratified the mysterious appearance and then went on
to distribute the Funds. He accepted that he approved these Funds but the
manner and mode of his Approval was non-existent. Other Strategic Officers
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