PW1: I don’t have. Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: Do you know one Bello Tamaje and Rilwanu Manu? PW1: No. Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: Are you saying there are no witnesses to this transaction? PW1: There are no witnesses to this transaction except the DO of the Civil Defence of Sokoto South and his Deputy Mohammed Tambuwal. Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: Before you lodged your complaint at the Civil Defence Office, did the DO and his Deputy know about the transaction? PW1: No, it was when I lodged the complaint that they became of the transaction. Prof. Ibrahim Tambuwal SAN: Before you bought the 7 houses from the defendant, you saw them in existence? PW1: Yes and before I purchased them, I know someone must be the owner, but I did not verify the real owner of the houses before I paid for them. Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: You said you have been transacting with the defendant even before the purchase of these 7 houses? PW1: Yes and the procedure we do follow, is for him to informed me about a property and for me to buy. In all the dealings we had with the defendant in the past, we have never had any problem with him. Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: Does the money you paid for the 7 houses commemorate to the value of the property? Page 5 of 43