This Defence Witness did not know the Officers involved in the Purchase of Grains, despite the fact that he worked in the Government House till June 2005. Now, from all the above, certain facts come to light. It is clear that it was the function of the Ministry of Agriculture to procure Grains on behalf of the State, but in this peculiar circumstance, the Governor directed a Permanent Secretary from the Liaison Office to prepare the Memo, which he approved for processing. The Defendant sought to maintain a distance from his Approval to the eventual purchase of the Grains but had known of certain facts that belie this fact. In the first instance, he knew Mr. Japheth Wubon purchased or executed the Memo and then Viola! He suddenly recalled the Seller of the Grains was a Trader from Lagos, paid in Cash. He alone knew this detail, as there was no other corroborative testimony from all the records and from the Official in the State. One thing was clear, there was No Delivery of the Rice either in Abuja or in Jalingo because Officers who had to be in the know of this Supply were ignorant of even the Purchase. The Defendant needed to have explained in greater detail, WHO paid the Supplier in Lagos; WHEN was this Payment made and HOW? The evidence before the Court is that, the Money was delivered in Two Trenches, that is, Fifteen Million Naira (N15, 000, 000) and then the balance. So HOW the Supplier was paid became important. In this instant, the Chief Accountant stated that anytime he made the trip to the Defendant’s Bedroom, the Chief Steward would open the door and he would call Mr. Aboki to notify him of the delivery of the Cash as ordered. This raises a very strong presumption that the Defendant was not in the Residence at the time and furthers demonstrates that his Orderly could also not have been present at the Lodge. 167