On 10/3/14 Himma Abubakar replied the Defendant’s
letter and requested that the Defendant should pay for
the tickets and that he (Himma Abubakar) will re-imburse
the Defendant; the said letter dated 10/3/14 was
admitted in evidence as Exhibit T.
After receiving Exhibit T, the Defendant bought the ticket
through a travelling agency by name ESTMANUEL. The
letter for the purchase of tickets was admitted in
evidence as Exhibit U.
It is the evidence of DW1 that on 2/2/16 he was invited by
the EFCC and he reported to STF1 headed by Mr. Ibrahim
Sharu; who told him that the Defendant was invited in
connection to payments of $300,000.00 to Khalil Fertilizer
(Nig) Limited by SEI (Nig) Limited and that his mandate is
to recover the money to Federal Government of Nigeria.
The DW1 told him that although the money was paid to
Khalli Fertilizer Nigeria Limited’s account but it was used to
settle bills incurred on behalf of SEI Nig. Ltd.
The
Defendant referred to Exhibits S and T before the court
which were exchange of correspondences between the
Defendant and Himma Abubakar.
Despite all these explanations, the Defendant stated that
he was threaten with arrest and detention and so also the
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