paid this Money other than the Oral Testimonies adduced before the Court, which is that it was for the PurchaseStationeries. Salman Global Ventures Nigeria Limited, yet again did not supply the Stationeries. It is important to recall the evidence of PW14, Dandison Akurunwa Esq., the Company Secretary of Salman Global Ventures who testified that he was not aware of any Contract awarded by Taraba State Government in the Sum of One Hundred and Sixty Five Million Naira (N165, 000, 000), and could not remember any discussion at any Board Meeting with regard to this Sum, as it had been a long time this Transaction took place. He identified the Payment in Exhibit K, the Zenith Bank Deposit Slip in the Sum of One Hundred and Sixty Five Million Naira (N165, 000, 000) issued in favour of Salman Global Ventures and confirmed receipt of the Money on the 14th of February 2005 in Exhibit H. From the Statement of Account of Salman Global Ventures Nigeria Limitedwith Zenith Bank Plc., several payments into and from the Account can be seen by the Defendant’s Chief Detail, Mr. Adamu Aboki, Mr. Japheth Wubon the Permanent Secretary Abuja Liaison Office, whose Names featured in the evidence hereunder, and several Individuals and Companies. These are Strange Incidences because it shows that Government Officials made Payments and received Payments from a Private Company. In all, Salman Global Ventures Nigeria Limited collected the entire Sum of Three Hundred, and Forty-Five Million Naira (N345, 000, 000) within Five Weeks, without delivering any Stationery and Office Equipment to the Ministry of Finance, from the 7th of January 2005 to the 14th of February 2005. Had the Taraba Ministry of Finance performed one of its Statutory Functions, which is to Purchase and distribute essential Office Equipment and Stationeries to Ministries, Boards and Parastatals, it is rather unlikely that the Secretary to the State Government would in the Month of October 133