As regards Exhibit Z13, which was also dated the 6th March 2006, meaning
it was made on the same date as Exhibit Z12, the same deductions apply.
The Court notes that this Statement did not color the evidence any different
from what the Witness orally stated before the Court.
Further, during his testimony in Chief, Alhaji Abubakar Tutare stated that
the Defendant knows that he does not lie, and he, Alhaji Tutare also knew
that when he dies, he would face his God, so he would not lie.
Under his Cross-Examination, he stated that he was investigated but not
arrested by the EFCC, and acknowledged that he made Statements to the
EFCC.
He also confirmed that he made Statements on the 17th of November 2005;
24th of November 2005; he made two Statements on the 6th of March 2006,
and stated that he read all these Statements and signed them as
understood.
The Statements confirmed by him are Exhibits Z8, Z9, Z10, Z11, Z12 and
Z13. He clearly had no problems with Exhibit Z8, which was made on the
same date as Exhibit Z9, or Exhibit Z11, which was made on the same dated
as Exhibit Z10!
He was then shown all his Statements made to the EFCC, which he confirmed
were all his Statements, and then he was referred to his Statement where he
agreed to refund Thirty-Two Million Naira (N32, 000, 000.00) and Two
Million Naira (N2, 000, 000.00), being part of the Ten Million Naira (N10,
000, 000.00) which was given to him, and he denied stating such.
He explained that from the Forty Million Naira (N40, 000, 000.00), he gave
the Permanent Secretary permission to buy Stationeries, but she refused
when confronted, stating that it was only Ten Million Naira given to her.So
he was forced to take the Two Million Naira (N2, 000, 000.00) and the
Twenty Million Naira as part of the Monies he was to refund.
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