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himsell went to the house of the Defendant he was
at
absent and his wife told them he had
fiavelled,to
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Maiduguri and that he would return in December.
(5)
He and other offrcials of the Cooperative went to the
bank an<i discovered that the Defendant paiC ia onry
N35,000 ,00 (thirly five thousand naira only) instead
of
two million, six hundred and sixty six thousand naira).
(6)
When the Defendant returned, he admitted that the
money was with him and undertook to liquidate it by
installments and promised to issue post dated cheques
.
as guarantee.
(7)
The Defendant and the Cooperative then entered into an
agreement, Exhibit
"A"
prepared by a member of the
church who is a lawyer and the Defendant issued a post
dated Access Bank Plc cheque.
#700,000 (seven hundred thousand naira) over a long
period of time, they were constrained to write a
petition, Exhibit
"8" to the EFCC which
caused the
arrest of the Defendant
Under eross-examinetion, PWI admitted that he did not personally
hand any money to the Defendant and he does not know how much any
of the other persons who collected money from members handed to the