Now, it is clear that there were Several Participants or Players in regard to this Count cutting across Three States of the Federation. There was the Defendant himself, his Chief Detail, his Orderly, Dennis Bobo, the Steward, Jerusha, the House Keeper, the Accountant and Permanent Secretary at the Taraba State Liaison Office, Abuja, the Accountant in Jalingo, the Officials at the Ministry of Finance, Taraba State, the Secretary to the State Government and of course, the Rice Supplier from Lagos. Of all the above Participants, there could only be Six Eye Witnesses to the receipt by the Governor of the Money. Now, the Chief Detail was not produced before the Court to testify because he had since left his Post, and was untraceable, the Steward, Mr. Bobo was reported dead, Jerusha was not produced and reported dead, the Accountant and other Officials from Jalingo were not produced, and the Lagos Rice Seller’s details were not supplied by the Defendant, thereby leaving only Four Key Witnesses before the Court, who are the Defendant, Mr. Japheth Wubon, Mr. Philips Akolo and Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed. Mr. Philips Akolo denied any knowledge of this transaction and Mr. Japheth Wubon was informed of actions taken by Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed. Therefore, the evidence of the Defendant is pitted squarely against that of Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed. The Defendant on his own part, contended that he had sat down with the Permanent Secretary (which one he did not say, whether it was Permanent Secretary Abuja Liaison Office, or the Permanent Secretary Jalingo) to discuss the need to Purchase Grains. This discussion arose because while in Abuja, he received different Requests from People in Abuja, in regard to their Supporters in Taraba State, who were Peasants experiencing hardship caused by drought and who did not have enough Produce to feed themselves. 157