Court did corruptly accept a gift a vehicle to wit: Ford
Expedition SUV valued at N15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million
Naira) only from Societe D’ Equipments Internationaux
Nigeria Limited, a contractor with the Nigeria Air Force in
performance of your official act and you thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 17(a) of the
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000
and punishable under Section 17(c) of the same Act.
In prove of the said charge against the Defendant, the
prosecution called the following witnesses.
Air
Commodore
Information
S.O.A.
Technology
Makinde
National
the
Director
Defence
of
College
testified as PW1.
In his evidence-in-chief, the PW1 stated that he was the
Secretary
of
Nigeria
Air
Force
(NAF)
Procurement
Committee from January 2014 – September 2015. One of
his duties is to prepare award letters for contract awarded
for capital projects, direct labour project and other
projects; that he was directed to issue some award letters
dated 13/1/15 and 10/5/15 to Societe D’ Equipment
Internationaux (Nig) Limited here-in-after to be referred as
S.E.I.; the project in the said award letter were paid for by
the Office of the National Security Adviser (NASA). The
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