the Defendant knew him not to be liar, and he knew the consequence of lying
and so had no reason to lie.
Alhaji Abubakar Tutare, in Exhibit Z12, inhis Witness Statement to the EFCC
dated 6th March 2006, stated thus: “In regard to the cash deposit of One Hundred and Sixty-Five Million Naira
made to Salman Global by my Staff A. N. Umar. I wish to state that the money
was given to him by me and I (was) had collected the money from my
Governor. H. E. Rev. J.T. Nyame. I don’t know what the Money was main for but
he sent me to deposit the money in that Account.
The Money was not removed from Government Treasury. After some
conversation, I came to remember what the Governor told when he was giving
me the Money, that he owes Lawyers and some Party Members in Abuja and
some Moneyhe want Alhaji to pay them back but he did not mention the names
of those owing him”(Sic)
Further, in Exhibit Z13, another Extra-Judicial Statement to the EFCC dated
the 6th of March 2006, made Alhaji Abubakar Tutare, he stated thus: “Further to the Statement I made this morning, I wish to state that the N165,
000, 000 paid to Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar was main for the Purchase of his
house in Abuja by the Governor.
When I came back from Amarca the Gov told me that he has paid Alhaji
Ibrahim Abubakar his N165, 000, 000. The Gov informed me of the payment
because of the pressure Alh was putting on me.”(Sic).
Yet again, the name of Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar featured and yet again,
another basis of a relationship with the Defendant surfaced.
PW9, Ibrahim Galadima, the Assistant Superintendent of Police
corroborated the above by stating that their investigation revealed that
Stationeries and other Office Equipment were not purchased in 2004. In the
following Year 2005, another request for the same purpose was made and
this time around, for the Sum of Two Hundred Million Naira (N200, 000,
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