message between the Syndicate and the Nominal Complainant. He was not able to produce the said Abu Gwagwada. He later said he was late. He was not able to produce his Death Certificate when asked to do so. He had told us he was his bosom friend. That there was a direct complaint against the Defendant. The Defendant first said he was a member of Special Force but later begged them. To another question, he answered that they did not believe that he had any bosom friend called Abu Gwagwada. The team also visited the residence of the Defendant. The second Prosecution Witness is Precious Gbeneol. She stated that she works in the Medical Centre of River State University of Education Rumuolumeni. That she has been working in the said Centre since 2000. That she got an appointment as Secretary of Health in the FCT from 2009 to 2011. That she took a leave of absence from the University. That she was seeing the Defendant for the first time. She does not know him. That during investigation, his picture was shown to her. That in 2011, she got a text message on her phone by Eagle Eye stating there were about 6 to 8 Petitions written to ICPC against her which were transferred to EFCC but now assigned to him. That he has verified the Petitions and that if she wants the case closed, she should pay the sum of N1 Million to his Account in GTBank which he sends to her. That he called himself UMAR BUKAR. She refused to pay the money because few months back another person came up with a similar story. That she contacted a Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr Dan Bature at the Force Headquarters who advised her to go to EFCC. She made the Complaint and left. The EFCC later called to inform her that they had located the Account Number and the picture of the owner. She could not recognise the picture because, it was blurred. 4

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