Contractor, the Brother still continued the Job. In giving the Water Job,
competence was put into consideration.
He knew Abubakar Ibrahim of Salman Global Ventures, and was informed
that EFCC called to interrogate People in regard to the Ibi-Wukari Project
Transaction. He was told his Share of the Funds was N80Million, which
he never received directly but was posted to Abubakar Ibrahim’s
Account. He was later told the Money had been refunded to the EFCC.
He denied having a House, which was purportedly bought for him, and he
stated that he did not know Imam Mohammed, and also did not DIRECTLY
benefit from the Ibi-Wukari Water Project.
In Exhibit Z6 dated the 11th of July 2007, he had expressed in his closing
paragraph, a desire to Plea Bargain so that whatever was alleged to have
been misappropriated by him personally, will be refunded back to the
Government and he would request his Lawyers and the EFCC to set the
Process in Motion.
Now, from all the above, the Court observes that Alhaji Tutare had described
what he knew of the relationship between the Defendant and the MD/CEO of
Salman Global Ventures, Abubakar, whom he met at the Defendant’s
Residence. He had been introduced to Alhaji Ibrahim by the Defendant and
he knew them together as friends, whether personal or as business friends
and could testify as to their relationship. The Defendant had described
Ibrahim as a Businessman and he did not know whether they were still
friends.
Subsequently, Alhaji Ibrahim gave him his account number and anytime he
was directed by the Governor to pay Money into Salman Global Ventures
Account, he would call Alhaji Ibrahim to ask him for his Account Number so
that he could Deposit the Money there. He added that if he were not directed
to pay such Huge Amounts of Money into his Account, he would not have
stayed a day because he would have been sacked, and he would not have
been reappointed if he did not execute any of the Defendant’s Directives.
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