person, is guilty of an offence and shall on
conviction
be
liable
to
five
(5)
years
imprisonment”
Now to ground these offences, the prosecution must
establish that:
(a) The Defendant corruptly accepted from SEI Nigeria
Limited
a
contractor
with
the
NAF
in
the
performance of his official act;
(b) The sums of money mentioned in each count or
their value in vehicles.
(c) As an inducement or reward for doing, forbearing
to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any
act or thing.
The PW1 Air Commodore Sunday O. Makinde, who at the
time he testified was the Secretary NAF Procurement
Planning Committee. The witness after stating the duties
of his office tendered 2 award letters of contract
between the NAF and SEI Nig. Ltd which were admitted
as Exhibits A1, A2 and B1, B2 respectively. The statement
of PW1 was also admitted in evidence as Exhibit C.
In last two (2) lines at Page 5 of Exhibit C the PW1 stated
thus:
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