Secondly, in exhibit 11, the statement of the 1st Defendant, he
stated:“Joseph Jande, the General Manager is my second cousin and I
facilitated the acquisition, processing of the property in
question. A report submitted by Abuja Municipal Area Council
to the DPO indicated that Fine Trust Academy is located on
1770 while SS1 belongs to Pax Education Resources. Then the
1st Defendant as DW4 testified as follows:“In my innocence and sense of justice I Looked
at the papers before me and declared them
false and that they were forged. The papers are
the papers presented to me by Fine Trust
Academy. I then pointed out to Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission that the lay out in question was
prepared by Chris Akinbote and Company in the
year 2000 and it cannot therefore be allocated
in 1997 because allocations are made based on
layouts and approved by the Minister before
allocations are made.”
However, by exhibit 11(a), the statement of the 2nd Defendant
who was at the material time the Zonal land Manager whom
the 1st Defendant worked under him stated that he allocated
many plots in Jikwoyi from 1997 to 2000 and he identified the
allocation letters of Fine Trust Academy and that of Pax
Education Resources as those allocations made in 1997 and
2000 respectively.
Thus from the evidence adduced by the prosecution witnesses
especially PWs1, 2, 3 and 4, exhibits 3,4,5,5(a)6(a)7,7(a)7(b)
12, 15, 18,22 and the statements of the 1st and 2nd
Defendants, exhibits 11 and 11(a) and indeed the testimonies
of DWs4 and 6, the 1st and 2nd Defendants, with all the facts
available at their disposal as regards the two allocations to Fine
Trust Academy and Pax Education Resource Limited, the
Defendants vowed and indeed were battle ready to allocate Plot
SS1 Jikwoyi Extension III to a company that has never applied
for such allocation despite the knowledge that Plot SS1
Extension III, Jikwoyi had already been charted for Fine Trust
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