accompanied him. On that same day, the Bank Draft he personally gave to Mr. Yomi Edu, was photocopied, and signed as Acknowledgment Copy, and he gave it to the Defendant. As regards the Second Bank Draft, he took it to the Bank and only gave the Deposit Slip to the Defendant, his Principal, on the same day, the 12th of July 2001. He acknowledged the fact that he was under Oath, stating that the Cheque given to him on the 12th of July 2001, which he signed for, was a Central Bank Cheque written in the name of Plateau State Government. He knew that a Lodgment of a Cheque would require a Process of Clearance, but did not know how many days it would take the Cheque to clear, or whether a Cheque must first be cleared before withdrawals can be made. He agreed that the Defendant gave him a Note on how the Monies would be disbursed on the 12th. He was then shown Exhibit P4 at Page 2, the Defendant’s Note that was given to him, and he read out the date the Defendant signed it, which was the 19th of July 2001. This Witness had no response when confronted with the disparity of the Dates he was instructedwhether it was the 12th or the 19th of July 2001. He was also referred to the Bank’s Endorsement on the Note, which stated “Please treat as per Customer’s Request”, and read out the date to be 20th of July 2001, but Sergeant Victor Dilang in response, claimed that the Letter was addressed to the Bank Manager, to whom he delivered, and his assignment ended there. He acknowledged the Signature of the Defendant on the Note dated the 19th, but stated he was not a Handwriting Expert. As regards the N80Million Cheque, he was shown Exhibit P7 at Page 2 and told to note that the Date of the Cheque was made out to Union Homes on the 20th July 2001. He replied by saying that he did not lie when he earlier stated that the Cheque was given to him on the 12th. He also was shown Exhibit P7 at Page 3, the Marine Float Cheque, and acknowledged the date of issuance to be the 15thof August 2001. According to this Witness, he was not telling a lie concerning the Date he collected the Cheque, the 12th of July 2001, and did not know whether the Dates were either backdated or front dated. He was shown the reverse side of the Marine Float Cheque, which showed the Date of Receipt by the Bank as the 22ndof August, but maintained the fact that he deposited the Cheque on the 12th. He was aware that the Bank would sign on the Deposit Slip, and identified the Bank Stamp to be the 22nd of August 2001, and other Stamps were dated the 23rd and 24th of August 2001. He confirmed not seeing any July date on the Cheque. When asked, he answered that he would be surprised to know that the Defendant accompanied him to collect the Cheque on the 12th. According to Sergeant Victor Dilang, the Defendant made several visitations to Permanent Secretaries, not only to the Permanent Secretary of Ecological, and they may have met on other days. He did not know Mr. Adewusi James Olanrewaju, the man in charge of the Payment as he was only directed to meet the Permanent Secretary, who then called a Staff. It was this Staff, who brought a Register for him to sign but before signing, the Permanent Secretary enquired about the Defendant’s whereabouts. According to him, it was this Staff, who gave him the Cheque and it was in the Permanent Secretary’s Office that he signed for the Cheque. He could not identify the Permanent Secretary when shown Exhibit P8, the Mandate Card, which bore the Passport Photograph of the Permanent Secretary, as this event happened Ten (10)Years ago. 129