PW3, Kyauta Kumiyawo is a staff of the Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and
the investigating officer in this case. According to PW3, a
petition written on behalf of Mr. Effiong Nsungusi against the
1st and 2nd Defendants was referred to him for investigation.
PW3 states that the petition alleged that the land allocated to
the petitioner in 1997 by Abuja Municipal Area Council was reallocated to Pax Education Resource. PW3 then testified that in
the course of their investigation, they visited Abuja Municipal
Area Council and demanded for the two policy files of the
companies and that the policy file of Pax Education Resource
was released to them immediately while that of Fine Trust
Academy was not found as at that time. However, PW3
testified that they studied the policy file of Pax Education
Resource and they discovered that it was P.T.A Nigeria Limited
that applied for the land to Abuja Municipal Area Council but
the allocation came out in the name of Pax Education Resource.
PW3 stated that they then conducted a search at the Corporate
Affairs Commission (CAC) to ascertain who owns Pax Education
Resource. PW3 testified that the search report indicated that
P.T.A Nigeria Limited is a Director in Pax Education Resource
and also that the 1st Defendant is a Director of P.T.A Nigeria
Limited. PW3 further testified that they discovered in the
course of their investigation a link between P.T.A Nigeria
Limited and Pax Education Resource. It was at this junction,
according to PW3 that they invited the 1st Defendant to throw
more light on the two companies. PW3 testified that the 1st
Defendant told them that the General Manager of Pax
Education Resource is his relation. Further, PW3 testified that
they further discovered that as at 2000 when the allocation
was issued in favour of Pax Education Resource, the Company
was not registered and not in existence. PW3 avers also that
the policy file of Pax Education Resource revealed that the
company processed the land (plot SS1 Jikwoyi Extension III)
with Abuja Municipal Area Council and when the policy file got
to Land Surveying Department, it was discovered that the land
Plot SSI Jikwoyi Extension III had been charted in favour of
Fine Trust Academy and a Technical Deed Plan (TDP) already
drawn in favour of Fine Trust Academy and the Surveyor, PW2
cannot chart the land again for Pax Education Resource. PW3
testified that by the minutes of the Surveyor, PW2 they
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