of Finance was especially an Enclave/Den of Criminal Activities, best
illustrated in the Tale, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”.
However, what the Court is being called to determine is not the Fate of these
hapless individuals, but what EXACTLY was the part played by the
Defendant in all of this. The Defendant is the BULLSEYE and all the Evidence
should show the Prosecution’s Arrow hitting the Target right in the Eye.
It is important to point out that aside of the Memo bearing his Approval,
there are no other Written Documents bearing any DIRECTIVES of the
Defendant as Governor. Therefore, Circumstantial Evidence that is positive
and unequivocal must be weighted on the Proverbial Scale.
If Salman Global Ventures Nigeria Limited had no history, no antecedents of
Supplying Stationeries to Taraba State Government, then their injection
intothe Mix has to be queried. The question therefore is, ‘WHO’ injected
them into the flow? Here, the Answer to this Question, basically lies at the
doorstep of Alhaji Tutare and the Defendant, as he was the ONLY
SINGLULAR PERSON to have DIRECT contact with the Defendant.
It is now a Case of Rev. Jolly Nyame’s WORDS against the WORDS of Alhaji
Tutare.
Alhaji Tutare positively asserted that he was directed by the Defendant to
pay One Hundred, and Eighty Million Naira (N180, 000, 000) and he in turn
directed others to comply with this Oral Directive. He had already stated that
Directives, whether Oral or Written, would be obeyed by him.
The Defendant, on the other hand, asserted positively that he never made
such Directions and never knew Salman Global Ventures Nigeria Limited,
further stating that it was the Department concerned that usually selects
Contractors and he had no part to play in their selection and also never had
any part to play in the Direction to pay a certain Sum to Salman Global
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