Officer used his office or position to gratify or confer any
corrupt or unfair advantage upon himself or any relation or
associate or any Public Officer by converting to his
personal use the salaries of Twenty two (22) staff
members of Sokoto South LGEA to the tune of
N563,145.30 (Five Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand,
One Hundred and Forty Five Naira Thirty Koto) contrary
to Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Act, 2000.
2. Whether Exhibits ICPC BGKB1 (the petition) and ICPC
BGKB2 (the Committee report) are not documentary
hearsay having not been tendered through their makers
(PW2 and PW3) but through PW1.
The Learned Persecution Counsel Mr. Mashkur Salisu PLO on
the other hand, formulated only one issue for determination and
is hereby produced as follows:1. Whether the prosecution has from the evidence laid before
this Honourable Court proved its case beyond reasonable
doubt as required by law.
For the purpose of this Judgment, this Court has decided to adopt
the sole issue as formulated by the Learned Prosecution Counsel
as follows:“Whether from the totality of the evidence before the Court as
presented by the prosecution, the prosecution has proved its case
beyond reasonable doubt.”
Learned Counsel for the 1st Defendant submitted that the
prosecution has not proved all the two offences with which the
1st Defendant was arraigned before this Honourable Court
beyond reasonable doubt as required by law.
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