ASP Victor Dilang stated that he has a Diploma in Accounting and an Advance Diploma in Law and
Conflict Management and is aware of what constitutes a Crime, but did not see any Crime in his
actions, as the Monies where in Bank Drafts and not in Ghana-must-go Bags. Further, the Defendant
did not give any Account Number, or Account Number of Plateau State to pay any Money into, and he
did not personally benefit from the Cheque. What the Defendant simply told him was, some of the
Money was for PDP Plateau State.
Finally, he elaborated on the Question of his Witness Summons and further added he had not been in
contact with the Defendant for over Nine Months.
DW16, Honourable Nandant Bako, a Former Two-Term Plateau State House of Assembly Member
representing Lantang South Constituency, was also the Chairman of House Committee on Judiciary
and by Late 2006 to 2007, was the Speaker of the House of Assembly. He and the Defendant were not
from the same Zone nor belonged to the same Political Party following their Elections in 1999. But the
Defendant and the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu were both
from Plateau State Central Zone, whose Senatorial Seat, is presently occupied by the Defendant.
He became the Speaker of the House as a resulted of a controversy that arose between the Defendant
and the Federal Government, when the House received a Petition from the EFCC alleging investigation
of Corruption against the Defendant, as Governor. The House in considering the Petition, inaugurated
a Committee to look into the Petition and being the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he was a
Member of that Committee. The Investigation started in 2005 and was concluded in 2006 and a
Committee Report was submitted to the House of Assembly. He identified the Committee Report as
Exhibit D7 as well as his Name and Signature dated 9th of June 2006 at Page 133. The House of
Assembly scrutinized the Committee Report and after Deliberations, the Defendant was cleared of the
Allegations contained in the Report.
Dissatisfied, the EFCC took the matter before the Kaduna Federal High Court, where he was again
cleared of the Allegations. Still dissatisfied, the EFCC, through the President and Senator Ibrahim
Nasiru Mantu, who used Federal Might, began to invite Members of the House of Assembly to their
Abuja Office, to impeach the Defendant. He was not among those invited to Senator Mantu’s Office, but
was personally invited by the President Olusegun Obasanjo, who through the Telephone of an
unknown Person, instructed him to meet with the Director of the State Security Service, who would
escort him to the Villa.
When he arrived the Gate of the Department of State Security, an Official Car picked him up and drove
to the Villa, where he met the President, who told him he wanted the Defendant to be impeached by
all means. He agreed with the proposition but told the President there were Twenty-Four (24) other
Members he would have to convince. The President promised him that if he were able to carry out the
Impeachment, he would make him either a Minister or anything he wanted in Nigeria.
Honourable Nandant Bako, testified he was not part of the Six (6) Members out of Twenty-Four (24),
who were escorted by the EFCC into the Chambers of the House, where the Defendant was impeached.
He was responsible for marshalling a Team of Lawyers to the Federal High Court, for the Court to
interpret the Law, on whether Six Members of the House of Assembly could impeach a Governor.
One Engr. Jimmy Cheto approached him and told him that the President had accepted to give him
N150Million if he withdrew the case. As a result of this Approach, he changed his Mobile Number but
was again approached by Mr. Benahel Anglong, a Close Friend and Fellow Colleague in the House of
Assembly but he did not agree or accept all the Benefits offered to him.
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