PAUL ADAMU GALUMJE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant herein, was introduced to Mrs. Sokari Davies, who was Director of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Rivers State of Nigeria as a consultant on Wild Animals by one Roland Ahmed in 2005. Ahmed who described the Appellant as his friend told Mrs. Sokari Davies that the Appellant was capable of supplying wild animals to the ministry. So when the need for purchase of wild animal arose, Mrs. Davies told the Commissioner in charge of her Ministry about the Appellant.
Together they invited the Appellant where they discussed extensively about the supply of wild animals. In 2013, Mrs. Davies contacted the Appellant and sought to know what types of animals he had. The Appellant told her that he had Giraffes, Zebras and other animals, for sale. The Appellant after a formal discussion with the commissioner in charge of the ministry, agreed to supply a calf giraffe at the cost of Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand …