electricity power meter and he told her that it was running too
fast and that there is problem with the meter. She asked him
what can be done and he told her he will go to his office and
he will come back to tell her what will be done. Two weeks or
so Mr. Jimoh came back to tell her what was wrong with the
meter, but instead of telling her what was wrong with the
meter, he asked her to borrow him the sum of N120,000.00. He
told her that he worked for Makanju and whenever a new
transformer is brought Mr. Makanju will ask him to remove a
certain box from the transformer. One day he decided to open
one of the boxes and he saw pound sterling therein. He further
told her that he took 4 of the boxes and took the remaining 4 to
Mr. Makanju and that was the reason why he was asking for a
loan of N120,000.00.
PW III further stated that if she see one of the boxes she can
give him and he promised to bring one of the boxes to her.
Later on Mr. Jimoh brought the box and he opened it and she
saw fake pound sterling and a small coca-cola bottle therein.
The witness stated that she immediately contacted the then
Chairman of EFCC Nuhu Ribado who gave her the telephone
number of Mr. Chiroma. Mr. Chiroma assigned the case to the
team that led the operation.
The witness further stated that the box was kept in the house
and Mr. Jimoh asked for money to take to the people that will
print the money. Mr. Jimoh linked her with a woman who he
said was working for the Friday and Monday company and she
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