Financial Crimes Commission in respect of the petition by the
nominal complainant. She admitted collecting drafts of
N40,000,000.00 for Ad-Hoc Committee and N20,000,000.00 in
favour of the 5th Defendant for facilitation from the nominal
complainant. She admitted that the properties said by the 2nd
Defendant are not available. She has not returned the facilitation
fees to the nominal complainant’s husband.
The 2nd Defendant equally gave sworn testimony as DW2 in his
defence. He testified that he is a businessman, contractor and
property agent. Sometime in October, 2011 he got a phone call
from the 3rd Defendant that the 1st Defendant introduced a
business of sale of Government Houses to her from a client. The
two properties are located in Asokoro and Maitama. The 1st ,2nd
and 3rd
Defendants then met and discussed on the two
properties. The 2nd Defendant testified that as at this time I,e
2011, the sale of Government properties had stopped public
bidding and the last bidding was in 2008 and there was no public
bidding. The 2nd Defendant questioned the 1st Defendant as to the
source of her information on the two houses and asked to see her
client to question them too. A meeting was convened at the
house of Mr. Victor at No. 2 Masahit, Off Aminu Kano Way,
Wuse II, Abuja where they met his Personal Assistant i.e PW1.
PW1 told them to discuss the matter with him as Mr. Victor was in
a meeting. The 2nd Defendant questioned PW1 as to the
genuineness of the two properties and their sources. The 2nd
Defendant testified that he insisted on Mr. Victor filing some
forms and affixing his picture for processing by the 2nd Defendant.
Exhibit 12 and 12a were admitted in evidence as
acknowledgment copies of the forms completed by Mr. Victor. The
2nd Defendant testified that he discovered from the Ad-Hoc
Committee that the two houses were no longer available for sale.
He informed the 1st Defendant of this and she in turn conveyed it
to her clients.
The 1st Defendant informed the 2nd Defendant that she asked her
clients if they were interested in Gwarimpa houses and they said
yes. The 2nd Defendant then continued the process through
people fronting for him. The 1st and 2nd Defendants were however
requested by PW1 to come and explain the process involved and
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