date. His wife has always informed me that he is at Lassa, his
Village.
Then paragraph 4 of exhibit 1 reads: “In April, 2009 I went to Abuja Geographic Information System
(AGIS) and found out the true position of things as follows: (a)
The revalidated Right of Occupancy has the name of Mr.
Lamar Abba Gana Gadzama while the photograph on same
is that of Markus K. Gadzama.
(b)
Mr. Markus has fraudulently prepared a Deed of Assignment
and Power of Attorney in the name of Lamar Abba Gana but
had fraudulently appended his signature on it;
(c)
Mr. Gadzama arranged without my knowledge and sold the
land to one Mr. Okike Godwin Uchechukwu;
(d)
Mr. Okike Godwin Uchechukwu paid the sum of
N2,360,000.00 at Abuja Geographic Information System
(AGIS) to collect the revalidated certificate.
Thus, pursuant to exhibit 1, PW1, Abdullahi Muhammadu
Maiturare, a Senior Detective Officer with the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with his team was detailed
to investigate the complaint as contained in exhibit 1. PW1
testified that when the Defendant reported to the commission
based on exhibit 1, the Defendant made voluntary statements
under the word of caution after been shown the complaint,
exhibit 1. The statements of the Defendant were admitted in
evidence after trial within trial as exhibits 6, 6(a) and 6(b). PW1
further obtained the statements of the nominal complainant, PW5
and that of his witnesses, who testified as PWs 2 and 7 while the
statements of one Okike Godwin Uchechukwu (now deceased)
and that of Lamar Abba Gana were received in evidence as
exhibits 5 and 9 respectively.
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