Further, Alhaji Abubakar Tutare when he was Commissioner of Finance of Taraba State stated that Salman Global gave out their Account Number to him and whenever he was directed by the Governor to pay Money into the Company’s Account, he would notify Salman Global before depositing the Money into the Account. According to him, if he was not directed by the Governor to pay such huge amounts of Money into Salman Global’s Ventures Account, he could not possibly have stayed for a day, as he would have been sacked and neither would he have been reappointed by the Defendant. EXHIBIT Z4 – The Defendant’s Extra-Judicial Statement to the EFCC dated 6th of June 2007, stated thus: “As the Governor of Taraba State, he was the Chief Executive of the State. He administered politically and took charge of the Security issues. He chaired both the State Executive Council Meetings and that of the State Security, and represents the State at the National Council of States. The Ministry, on the Approval of the EXCO, handles all Developmental Projects. The Governor can give Approvals but ratified by the EXCO. Projects are executed within the Budget and those out of it will get the blessing of the House of Assembly by way of Supplementary Budget. The Due Process came in as a child of necessity to curtail excesses, scrutinize Projects and certify payments. The Head of Due Process in Jalingo is Mr. Rabo Usman. He confirmed being shown a Memo for the BulkPurchase of Office Equipment and Stationeries by the Ministry of Finance to the tune of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N250, 000, 000.00) dated the 30th of December 2004 and he conceded Approval. At the time of the Report, he could not say off-hand, and could not remember the details of the award of Contract or the items Purchased. He promised to furnish the details later. On the issue of weather these items were purchased I wouldn’t know. I did not in any way investigate because EFCC were investigating already the issue of the Purchase. I know Ibrahim Abubakar as a Businessman who supplied and installed a dome tent in Jalingo but I wouldn’t know details of his Company. The issue of share of One Hundred 74