Under Cross Examination, the Witness answered that during her tenure, she did not
personally award contract but her office does.
That it is the Procurement
Department which carries out the procedure. The Minister authorises the processes
and the Company that wins is awarded the contract. That she did not perform any
of the functions. To another question, she answered that she saw one of those who
pretended to be EFCC Staff by name Gabriel Charles Olugbenga. That her Phone
Number which the text message was sent is 0803400416. That she still has the
phone but do not have the text. That she spoke to the Defendant on phone. It was
a male voice. She insists she is seeing the Defendant for the first time. That she
did not make any payment to the Account but made payment to the other person
Gabriel Charles Olugbenga. She did not believe that there were Petitions against
her. The above is the case of the Prosecution.
The Defendant opened his defence and gave evidence for himself. He is Umar
Bukar Alibe. He lives in Gaduwa Estate. He is a Business Man. He stated that the
allegations agsinst him are not true. That he is from Maiduguri, Borno State. That
he has a friend Abu Gwagwada. That after his graduation, he was posted to Lagos
for his NYSC and served in Dangote. That Abu Gwagwada accommodated him
for 6 months around Adeniji Adele. He resigned in 2007 and ventured into
business in Abuja. He set up a Company called Haman and Amina. That in 2011
Abu Gwagwada called him on phone to pick him up in Abuja and he did stating he
was on transit to Maiduguri. He is his childhood friend. He asked him of his
Account details because his wife delivered his 2nd child. He thought he wanted to
send him money. That days after he called him to find out if he received any alert
and he responded negatively. He said he was expecting money. After two days,
the call continued persistently. Witness called to find out how much he was
expecting. He opted to give him a cheque pending the time the money would be
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