to his Office. Further, he acknowledged the Relevant Payment Vouchers for
each Sum, the N32.3 Million in VOUCHER NO.GHJ/135/2007, N42.Million
in VOUCHER NO.GHJ/133/2007 and N27Million in VOUCHER NO.
GHJ/134/2007, attached to the Three Memos in Exhibits O1, O2 and O3.
This witness stated initially that the Monies in Cash were brought to him, in
his Office on different days by the Accountant, Government House, Mr. Paul
Yani, and he took the Monies to the Defendant at his Office, in Government
House Jalingo, on the Defendant’s Directives and on different days for the
designated Officers to carry out the Assignments.
However, he was not there when the disbursements were done and he could
not recall whether the Defendant was alone at the times the Monies were
taken to him.
He did not sign for the Monies, and neither did the Defendant as Governor
Sign as well before collection. All he did was to handover the Monies to the
Defendant and he did not hear anything about the Monies again. His
assignment ended when he took the Monies to the Defendant, as he was not
“Privy” to what transpired thereafter.
Further, the Defendant had mentioned the existence of Two Committees,
Security and Logistics, that were to Plan the Activities and Execute the
Assignments for the Visit in collaboration with Mr. Dennis Nev.
Under Cross-Examination, the Defendant stated that he did not see the
Persons who worked with Mr. Dennis Nev in regard to the Visit but saw the
List of their Names. According to him, he had directed Mr. Dennis Nev to coopt People to assist in the successful planning of the President’s Visit and
these People were in charge of executing the various items listed under the
Memos. Further still, he maintained that he signed the Memos for the Visit
and “it was Successfully Executed by the Committees that handled it”.
If the Governor stated that there were two Committees, the Security and
Logistic Committees, and he later stated that ALL the arrangements and
everything else was under the control of Mr. Nev, then it is the evidence of
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