COUNT 2 That you Bashar Garba (M) and Kabiru Bello (M) between the months March to June, 2017 or thereabout at Sokoto within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court while being public officers serving as Accountant Salary and Finance Officer of the Sokoto South Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) respectively, used your positions to confer corrupt advantage upon yourselves to wit converting to your personal use the salaries of Twenty Two (22) staff members of Sokoto South LGEA to the tune of N563,145.30 (Five Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand, one Hundred and Forty Five Naira Thirty Kobo), and you thereby committed and offence contrary to and punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. After the plea of the Defendants were taken, the case was then adjourned to 26/2/2020 for hearing. To prove its case, the prosecution called Four (4) witnesses and tendered Six (6) Exhibits marked as Exhibit ICPC BGKB 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively. Exhibit ICPC BGKB1 is a petition against the 1st Defendant – Bashar Garba for financial mismanagement of public funds signed by one Muhammad Yusuf of Yakubu Muazu Science Model Primary School, Sokoto on behalf of the 22 primary teachers listed therein addressed to the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission. Exhibit ICPC BGKB2 is the report of the Committee set up to investigate the allegation of unpaid salaries of 22 staff of the LGEA, Sokoto South Local Government Council. Exhibit ICPC BGKB3 is the Receipt No. RRR-2702-1577-8635 dated 4/4/2018 covering N563,145.30. Exhibit ICPC BGKB4 is the Receipt No. RRR-1603-5885-4367 dated 10/1/2020 covering N26,542.30. Exhibit ICPC BGKB5 is the statement of the 1st Defendant made on the 7/3/2018. 3