not acknowledged receiving the said specific sum in Exhibit R3 on this date.
From the Statement of Account in Exhibit M Page 31, there was no payment
on that day. However, it can be seen that a Cash Deposit of N4 Million by Joel
Andrews in Jalingo was made on the 21st of March 2007. Mr. Abdulrahman
Mohammed withdrew this Sum with Cheque No. 00000116 on the same date
and he confirmed it in his Statement admitted as Exhibit X2. More
importantly, Mr Abdulrahman Mohammed confirmed delivering this sum by
stating that it was cashed and the Money was taken to him through the
usual Process.
Count 26 for the Sum of N6 Million dated 24th March 2007, the Permanent
Secretary of Government House Jalingo (PW4) did not identify this Payment
in Exhibit P3, and the Permanent Secretary, Liaison Office, in Abuja also did
not acknowledged receiving this specific sum in Exhibit R3, but on the 23rd of
March 2007. From the Statement of Account in Exhibit M, there was no
payment on that day. However, it can be seen that two Cash Deposits of N1
Million and N5 Million by Joel Andrews in Jalingo were made on the 23rd of
March 2007. Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed withdrew the sum of N6 Million
with Cheque No. 00000117 on the same date and he confirmed it in his
Statement admitted as Exhibit X2. More importantly, Mr Abdulrahman
Mohammed confirmed delivering this sum by stating that it was cashed and
the Money was taken to him at the Governor’s Lodge in his bedroom in
T.Y. Danjuma House Asokoro.
Count 27 for the Sum of N20 Million dated 30th March 2007, the Permanent
Secretary of Government House Jalingo (PW4) identified this as a Payment
he transferred to the Liaison Office Account in Abuja in Exhibit P3, but the
Permanent Secretary, Liaison Office, in Abuja did not acknowledge receiving
this Sum in Exhibit R3 on this date. In Exhibit R3, there is a payment with
Cheque No 000004431 for the Sum of N20 Million without a specified date of
Payment. From the Statement of Account in Exhibit M, it can be seen that this
payment was a Cash Deposit by Joel Andrews in Jalingo on the 30th of March
2007, and this sum was withdrawn with Cheque No. 00000118 by Mr.
Abdulrahman Mohammed on the same date, and he confirmed same in his
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