know); that he (the accused) conducted a search at AMAC before he
gave the documents to Sani Audu and asked him to conduct search too,
which he (Sani Audu) told him that he did and confirmed to him that
the documents are okay.
He stated further that after 3 months, Sani Audu came back to him and
requested for the original documents and he then went to Surveyor
Akinyemi and collected the original, and showed it to Mr. Sani Audu and
that they then made payment; that the 5 hectares were sold for
N2.5million whilst the 1 hectare was sold for N300,000.00; that himself
and Surveyor Akinyemi agreed that the 5 hectares would be sold for
N2million, so he gave him N2million for the 5 hectares and shared the
N500,000.00 with Mr. Sani Audu whom he gave Sani Audu N200,000.00
as commission and took N300,000.00; that the 1 hectare was sold for
N300,000.00 and Sani Audi and himself got N30,000.00 each whilst
N240,000.00 was given to Surveyor Akinyemi; that the search he
conducted showed that the land was genuine.
He confirmed that Exhibit P6B is his handwriting, but when Mrs.
Elizabeth and Sani Audu were arrested, Mrs. Elizabeth called him and he
went to EFCC on his own to say what he knew about the matter; that he
introduced himself and was asked to make a statement in writing which
he did; that Mrs. Janet, the Investigating Officer then asked them to
copy what she wrote in another statement and he did so because he
had no choice; that she (Mrs. Janet) said that if they do not write the
second statement, they will not be released – that is, himself, Mrs.
Elizabeth and Sani Audu.
He stated further that he has tried on several occasions to get in touch
with Surveyor Akinyemi since the problem started, but to no avail; that
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