Dr Mohammed, alongside Mr John Amobeda stood trial on six-count charges for offences ranging from conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust, criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, conspiracy to commit criminal misappropriation and criminal misappropriation.
“Exhibits P1 P2a to P2i were merely dumped on the court without linking them to the specific aspects of the prosecution’s case for which the documents were so tendered. The court in Okereke U. Umahi ; LPELR — 40035 held thus; any party tendering documentary evidence has a task of linking such documents to specific aspects of his case for which such documents so tendered by leading evidence of the purport of the document in relation to the aspect of his case.
“Curiously, the said payroll with the fictitious names was not tendered in proof of this charge by the prosecution. None of the invoices and other documents alleged to have been forged by the defendant were tendered as proof of the charge of forgery. None of the essential ingredients of the above two charges of cheating and forgery was established.
“In exhibit 4e, the 1st defendant stated that all monies paid in by Amos Lawal that do not belong to Bashir are his genuine money which Amos transferred into his account. It is for the prosecution to clarify the doubt in the above prosecution evidence. It is not for the court to guess or conjecture but for the prosecution to establish the ingredients of the offences charged, particularly the first and second charges of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust, beyond a reasonable doubt.
He is also requesting the Kogi State Government through the institution to pay him arrears of his leave bonus for five years, amounting to N3,366,076.30 and also the release of his official vehicle which was seized alongside that of the provost, Oshadumo.
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