EKO JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): At the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, the appellant and one other are defending a 6-count charge alleging conspiracy to criminally A convert public funds and criminal conversion of public funds totalling N16,412,315.00 (sixteen million, four hundred and twelve thousand, three hundred and fifteen naira) being interests generated from two fixed deposit accounts.
The Bayelsa State Government made a donation of N557,995,065.00 (five hundred and fifty-seven million, nine hundred and ninety-five thousand, sixty-five naira) to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) at the time the appellant was the Inspector General of Police, to enable the NPF purchase equipment forproper policing of Bayelsa State. It appears from the summary of the statement of Olayinka Ayegbayo, an investigator with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Offences Commission (ICPC), that the appellant and the 2nd accused had agreed to place and did place N300,000,000.00 (…