ascertained as a fact that the policy file of Fine Trust Academy
exist in Abuja Municipal Area Council.
PW3 then testified that they invited the Land Registry Staff of
Abuja Municipal Area Council to brief them on the existence of
the policy file of Fine Trust Academy. Thus, PW3 testified that
in the course of interview with the Registry Staff, the policy file
of Fine Trust Academy was produced. PW3 testified that when
they studied the policy file of Fine Trust Academy, they
discovered that some pages in the policy file were removed and
missing. He stated also that they discovered that Fine Trust
Academy applied for the land since 1997, three years before
the allocation to Pax Education Resource. According to PW3
they further discovered that the application form for land
allocation of Fine Trust Academy was altered by the 1st
Defendant from 1997 to 2005. PW3 stated that they now called
on the Nominal Complainant Mr. Effiong whether he is aware of
the alteration and Mr. Effiong, PW4 said that he was able to
make a photocopy of the application before he submitted the
original copy to Abuja Municipal Area Council.
PW3 stated that in the course of their investigation, they
discovered further that the application of Fine Trust Academy
was processed and the land charted in favour of Fine Trust
Academy. PW3 testified that when the 1st Defendant was
confronted with the evidence, the 1st Defendant confessed to
them that he was the person that processed the land in favour
of Pax Education Resource, a company of his cousin and
relation.
PW3 testified also that they invited the 2nd Defendant. And that
the 2nd Defendant confessed that he was the signatory to the
two allocation letters for Fine Trust Academy and Pax Education
Resource. According to PW3 that the 2nd Defendant confessed
that it was a human error for him to have signed Pax Education
Resource allocation letter after he had earlier signed the
allocation letter of Fine Trust Academy. Then exhibits 6, 6(a),
7, 7(a),(b) 9, 10, 11 and 11(a) were admitted in evidence
through PW3. While the photocopy of the application form of
Fine Trust Academy was rejected in evidence and marked as
R8.
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