against him before Barr. Hamza Liman who took the
defendant to Civil Defence of Sokoto South Local
Government where he was detained. He promised that he
will pay N3 Million and so he was granted bail, but he did
not fulfill his promise, and so he was rearrested and detained.
Chile Okoroma Esq: Who is Barr. Hamza Liman Esq?
PW1:
He was my lawyer at that time and at that time the said
Hamza Liman filed a complaint before the EFCC.
Chile Okoroma Esq: You said you know Malami Mohammed
Tambuwal, does he have any connection with this case?
PW1:
Yes he has connection with this transaction because I acted as
his agent in this transaction. In fact the defendant even got
Malami’s phone number.
Chile Okoroma Esq: That is all for this witness.
Court:
Cross-examination
Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: Malami Muhammed Tambuwal is a Civil
Servant?
PW1:
Yes he was formerly a Civil Servant but at the time of the
purchase of the houses, Malami was still in the Civil Services.
He was at that time working at the Cabinet Office, Sokoto.
Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: The purported instalmental payments
were made by Malami to the defendant through you?
PW1:
Yes he made the payments through me and all the
instalmental payments were made by cash not through the
bank.
Prof. Ibrahim Abdullahi SAN: Do you have any acknowledging
document evidencing that you made the instalmental
payments to the defendant?
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