State Government in regard to this Sum but was aware that it was refunded
by Salman Global Ventures and retained by the EFCC. He stated that their
Board Meetings discussed Contracts with Taraba State Government but did
not have the details of how Taraba State Government paid for the Contracts
that Salman Global Ventures executed.
Under Cross-Examination, he stated that he was not in a position to recall
ALL the Contracts of Salman Global Ventures particularly those awarded by
Taraba State Government. Further, he did not keep the Company’s
Documents relating to Contracts and stated that it was possible that there
were Contracts he was not aware of. From the Exhibits H, FF2 and K, he
could not see the Defendant’s name in these Documents adding that he also
knew the Defendant.
Now, the evidence of Mr. Ibrahim Abubakar, the Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer of Salman Global Venture Nig. Ltd, was obtained as a
result of the Entry of his Extra Judicial Statements made before the EFCC.
Even though the Statements were tendered as one, they were actually a total
number of Five Statements, tendered by the Defence Counsel through the
PW9, the IPO, which was admitted as Exhibit Z7.
The Court will therefore analyze these Statements in the Order of Dates. The
First Two (2) Statements were written on the 31st of October 2006
Ibrahim Abubakar stated that he did not have any direct or indirect
relationship with Suleiman Abubakar. He acknowledged the Sum of
N80Million as an initial deposit to Purchase his Property at Plot 1961E
Yaoundé Street Wuse Zone 6. The Transaction fell through because of the
Investigation in Jalingo.
According to him, he mentioned at the initial Investigation in Lagos, that
Jolly Nyame wanted to buy the Property in his personal capacity. The link to
Purchase the Property was Imam Ahmed, who informed him that Rev. Jolly
Nyame expressed interest that he wanted to Purchase the Property. He did
not know the whereabouts of Imam Ahmed presently. The total price of the
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