paid but he declined. He thereafter failed to call for two weeks. He also failed to
call until, he called apologising that he forwarded his Account details to fraudsters.
He was upset. He asked him to withdraw his monies or stop using the Account.
That for two years he did not use the Account. In 2012, in Gombe during Sallah he
gave a cheque of N45,000 to a driver to cash for him to fuel his car. When he did
not see him after two to three hours, he went to the bank in company of his friend’s
younger brother. He was arrested and taken to the Regional Office of the EFCC
Gombe. They took his Statement, impounded his car and detained him for 10 days
before transferring him to Abuja. He was given bail and given time to trace Abu
Gwagwada. He went to Lagos and Maiduguri despite the insurgency. That after
two weeks he got him. There were no Policemen around. That he called PW1 that
he had seen him but he said there was no personnel on ground. That if he likes he
should put him in his pocket. That where he got him was a flash point area. That
he told soldiers on road block but PW1 said there was no personnel. The soldiers
said they cannot detain him for more than 24 hours. He ran to the ward head.
They brought him and called the father. There was an agreement that he would
follow him the following day. He gave him transport fare to come to Abuja the
following day. He met PW1 at Abuja. That he fulfilled his own part of the
agreement but PW1 refused. He was later charged to Court. He does not know the
Nominal Complainant. That his phone was taken for forensic analysis, it was
negative. That he never pretended to be an EFCC Officer.
Under Cross-examination, he answered that he is a qualified Engineer. That he
operates a GTBank Account. That he abandoned the Account for about two years
before he issued the cheque. He was not sure why he demanded the Account
Number.
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