to have been delivered to the Defendants in Counts 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25, were not in his Custody or Dominion. The claim byPW8, Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed, that he delivered Monies to the Defendant personally or at the Governor’s lodge, without tendering into evidence any document showing whatpurpose the Monies were meant for, which was in fact received by the Defendant was absurd and he urged the Court to discountenance the assertion. Further, the Decision in the Case of ONUOHA (SUPRA) relied on by the Complainantis inapplicable to this Case, because the Defendant never admitted he misappropriated the Security Funds or any Other Funds and he urged the Court to discountenance this dictum therein. Now, after considering all the above Submissions and Arguments, it is clear that before there can be a Conviction on a Charge of Criminal Breach of Trust, there must be evidence of Entrustment and of Dishonest Misappropriation of what was entrusted, see BATSARI VS KANO NATIVE AUTHORITY (1966) NRNLR PAGE 151 AT PAGES 152, 153. “To Entrust” and “To have Dominion” were stated disjunctively in the Penal Code. To Entrust means to assign responsibility for doing something to someone and also means to put something into someone’s care or protection. Dominion, on the other hand, means Sovereignty, Control over the Property and the Power or Right of Governing or Controlling that Property. ONU JSC in MARA VS THE STATE (2013) 3 NWLR (2012) 14 NWLR PT. 1320 PAGE 287 AT 318 AT 319 AT PARA C, held that the Defendant must be a Clerk or Servant or in such Capacity, of the Person reposing trust in him, and in that capacity, was entrusted with the Property in question or with dominion over it and had committed Breach of Trust in respect of it. See also the cases of FRN VS NUHU & ANOR (2015) LPELR-26013 CA PER ABIRU JCA; AJIBOYE VS FRN (2014) LPELR-24325 CA PER ALKALI JCA. 30

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