were contracted to purchase were not amongst the list to be sold.
PW3 denied that the N20,000,000.00 was for the 1st- 3rd
Defendants work. He said that the nominal complainant and her
husband did not pay the Defendants for their services. He said he
was aware that the 2nd Defendant said that the properties are no
longer for sale and that there are other houses for sale if the
nominal complainant was interested. He stated that the bank
drafts were not issued in the name of the 2nd Defendant nor was
N20,000,000.00 facilitation money paid into 2nd Defendant’s
account. PW3 stated that he is not aware of other properties
introduced to PW1 by the 2nd Defendant. He said that the fact
that the 2nd Defendant was a member of the Ad-Hoc Committee
was in the other Defendants’ statement. He said that all parties
agreed that the N20,000,000.00 was for processing. PW3 stated
under further cross examination that he found out during his
investigation that the N20,000,000.00 was paid in the account of
5th Defendant but the 4th and 5th Defendant did not partake in the
transaction nor did they benefit therefrom. That the
N20,000,000.00 deposited in the account of the 5th Defendant
was disbursed in accordance with the instructions of the 1st
Defendant.
At the conclusion of evidence by the prosecution the 1st
Defendant offered sworn testimony as DW1. She testified that
she knows the nominal complainant as her friend from PortHarcourt where they were living. She got information about the
properties for sale from Ogonwuanye and Miss. Franca Sambo
who introduced her to the 3rd Defendant, Vera Johnson. DW1
testified that she subsequently met the 3rd Defendant in her office
in Jabi in respect of the properties for sale. The 3rd Defendant
informed the 1st Defendant that she has known someone who
can do it and she then called the 2nd Defendant who she said was
aware of the properties put up for sale by the Government. She
stated that the 2nd Defendant sources for properties. The 1st
Defendant testified that she spoke with a few family friends and
some of them became interested in the properties sold by Ad-Hoc
Committee. The 1st Defendant spoke with the nominal
complainant who introduced the 1st Defendant to her husband.
Upon the nominal complainant’s invitation, the 1st Defendant
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