Account released the Funds. Mr. Bubajoda would have been a valuable
Witness for the Defendant to summon to testify in his regard and would have
no doubt cleared the air on the transferred Funds, if indeed they emanated
from the Security Funds Accounts.
It is worthy to note that if the Defendant had maintained before this Court
that the Security Votes Monies were deposited directly into the Account
belonging to the Government House, and had he then requested Mr. Dennis
Nev to transfer the Sums of Money, there would have been no problem
because they were none accountable to anyone but the Defendant himself.
Had he also said, Mr. Bubajoda transferred or paid Money from the Security
Votes Account into the Government House Account in Jalingo, before it was
subsequently transferred to Abuja, there would also have been no problem
but he had said that Mr. Bubajoda was the Sole Signatory of the Security
Funds Account. Then he contradicted himself when he stated that it was
another Official and he could not remember his name. Another inconsistency
was when he stated that the Security Funds were always deposited in a
Security Votes Account but later said it was always placed in a Safe at the
Government House.
The Defendant had by his testimony before the Court stated that as at the
16th of December 2005, there were no more misconceptions about the
Security Votes which means he tacitly admitted writing the Letter in Exhibit
PP.
It all does not add up and from the evidence, Mr. Bubajoda ought to have
been called to establish that it was Security Funds that was transferred to
Abuja or the other Official with his Security Votes Register ought to have
been called.
The Final Origin of the Liaison Funds could have been that of the Defendant’s
Entitlements/Dispensation.The Defendant had fingered the Accountant of
Government House, Mr. Joel Andrews as the right Person to compute all
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