Under cross-examination, the PW1 stated that all the payments he
made to the accused person followed due process; that
whatever was presented by the accused was what was meant to
be presented.
No re-examination, PW1 was discharged.
Peace Odenuga testified as PW2. In her evidence-in-chief, she
stated that her schedule of duties is to pay customers and
received cash deposit.
On 4/3/06 she paid a cheque of N90,000.00 to the accused
person; that the accused came to bank as other customers and
presented a cheque of one Mohammed Abubakar with Account
No. 1142010001760.
She stated that she followed all known
procedure before she paid the sum on the cheque to the
accused person.
PW2 further stated that on 27/10/06, she was called by her
supervisor that she paid a fraudster a cheque of N90,000.00 and
that it was not the account holder that issued the cheque. She
was taken to EFCC to write a statement. The cheque of United
Bank for Africa No. 10814006 dated 3/03/06 was admitted as
Exhibit G.
Under cross-examination, PW2 stated that before 4/3/06 she had
never met the accused person and that none of the steps she
took in paying the cheque was wrong.
When she made the
payment, she did not know whether it is fraudulent or not.
No re-examination, PW2 was discharged.
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