stating that the Files were encased in Ghana-Must-Go Bags, thereby still
leaving the doubt unresolved.
The point is this, whether Mr. Dennis Nev knew the direction to the Office of
the Governor, or whether he knew the colour of the furniture, or how many
flower pots were by the door of the Governor’s Office, or how many flower
pots were by the entrance to the Government House, or how many pictures
were on the wall, or how many people were seated in the Governor’s
Reception Room, as the Defence sought to know under an extensive CrossExamination, the issue is, Mr. Dennis Nev and the Late Paul Yani were
located within the vicinity of Rev. Jolly Nyame and his Office.
The next possible Eye Witness is Mr. Adamu Aboki, the Chief Detail, who
despite attempts to summon him to testify before the Court, could not be
located by the Prosecution. In this instance, the interest to secure his
attendance before the Court and to validate one position or the other was a
shared interest, and the responsibility fell on both sides of the divide. It had
to be that particular side that needed validation of their own contention that
should have taken the extra mile to produce him before the Court. This same
deduction applies to the Protocol and Administrative Officers.
It is pertinent to recall the fact that Rev. Jolly Nyame, when referred to the
evidence of Mr. Dennis Nev to the effect that he gave him the Total Sum of
One Hundred and One Million Naira, confirmed that he received only the Ten
Million Naira (N10, 000, 000.00) allocated for “His Excellency’s
Dispensation”. The question then has to be asked, where and who received
this Sum of Money? Was it the Defendant personally? Ordid his Orderly, Mr.
Philip Akolo, receive it on his behalf? It is in evidence that Mr. Akolo denied
receiving any huge amount of Money for the Defendant, and when the
Defendant was confronted with this fact, during his Cross-Examination, he
stated that he did not know that.
Another way of confirming who actually possessed and disbursed the One
Hundred and One Million Naira would be the Testimony of any Member
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