has submitted its report to SUBEB. Every teacher supposed to be paid his salary at the end of every month. Abubakar Usman works at Yakubu Muazu Model Primary School, Sokoto. I gave him his salary of May, 2017 in cash and I paid him in May, 2018. I know Mohammed Yusuf. He is a teacher in Yakubu Muazu Model Primary Schoool, Sokoto. I was with Sokoto South Local Government Education Authority from March, 2017 to December, 2018 as Accountant in charge of salaries working under the Finance Officer Kabiru Bello the 2nd Defendant. I was invited by the ICPC in March, 2018 in connection with diversion of salaries of 22 teachers of Sokoto South LGEA. I know Barr. Ibrahim Habib. He is the Legal Officer of SUBEB. He has been accompanying me to Abuja in respect of this case. I know the 2nd Defendant because we work together, but he is not aware that I paid Abubakar Usman. Myself and the 2nd Defendant have been invited by the Committee set up by SUBEB. I don’t know that money were recovered and paid to ICPC. After the 1st Defendant closed his case on the 18/6/2020, the case was adjourned to 6/7/2020 for adoption of written addresses of Counsel, but Counsel could not do so until on the 17/7/2020 when the written addresses of Counsel were adopted and the case was adjourned for Judgment. The Learned Defence Counsel Mr. Kelechi D. Ogbonna Esq formulated two (2) issues for determination as follows:1. Whether from the totality of the evidence adduced before this Honourable Court, the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the 1st Defendant as a Public 12