The Defendant also stated that there were misconceptions about the Security Votes in the State, which should not have been because Security Votes are clear to anyone. He initially could not remember giving a directive that the Security Votes must be kept with him and not by any Public Officer even when he was shown Exhibit PP. He was not sure that he signed the Letter, even though it bore his Signatures. However, he agreed with the Prosecution that he always used Red Biros to sign as Governor and subsequently, accepted signing the Minutes and even signing “twice for emphasis and for importance of this Letter.” The Court has had a very close look at Exhibit PP, which is a Letter dated the 16th Day of December 2005, written on the Letter Head Paper of the Office of The Governor, Taraba State to the Assistant Director of Finance, Administration Department, Government House, Jalingo. It was titled “HOW MY MONTHLY SECURITY FUNDS SHOULD BE HANDLED FROM NOW ON.” The text of the Letter reads thus: “Following recent developments and misconceptions about the Security Funds released to my Office as the Governor of Taraba State, I have decided that henceforth these Funds be kept by me directly whenever they are received from Ministry of Finance. 2. You are to note further that I am the Sole Accounting Officer to this Account. Any issue regarding it, should therefore be referred to me, please.” The Defendant signed this Letter not once but twice, when he copied the Accountant General, Office of the Accountant General Jalingo for his information. Therefore, it is little wonder that he stated that, as at the 16th of December, there had never been any misconception because “we have an Officer who takes Charge of the Security Funds and he has a Register, showing disbursement of Funds and for what purposes, by name Mr. Hilkiah Bubajoda, a Senior Special Assistant in his Office.” He also acknowledged him as a Political Appointee who was not a Civil Servant. Further he stated that the Permanent Secretary, Government House had no ROLE to play on Security Vote. 218