Witness: Badeh’s Son Rejected A N340m House, So We Bought Him Another One For N330m

Salisu Abdullahi, a retired air commodore and former director
of finance of the Nigeria air force, on Wednesday said Alex
Badeh, instructed him to buy houses for two of his sons in
an highbrow area of Abuja, while he was chief of air staff.
Abdullahi, a prosecution witness in the trial of Badeh, told
Justice Okon Abang of the federal high court, Abuja, that the
former defence chief instructed him to look for choice
property for his first son, Alex Badeh jr, because he wanted
him to own a house.
The witness claimed that Badeh bought a house at Wuse 2
at N260m for his first son, renovated it with N60m and
furnished it with N90m. He also said that when Badeh’s
second son turned down a house worth N340m, a second
house had to be bought for N330m.
“My chief also told me he wanted his second son, Kam, to
own a house. The name of the owner of house is Isiaka
Rabiu,” he narrated to the court
“I told him the price of the house was about N340m. He
directed me to pay. I paid the dollar equivalent of the money
to Rabiu. The money was from the normal amount I take to
my chief monthly.
“When Kam saw the house, he didn’t like it. When my chief
saw it, he said we should look for another one.
“One evening, I was sitting in my house. One Honourable
Bature called and requested me to see him. He was then
living at Kumasi crescent at Wuse 2. When I saw him, he
told me he wanted to sell his house. He was building
another house somewhere.
“He requested me to find someone who can buy the house. I
told my chief and he said he wouldn’t like Honourable Bature
to know that he was the one buying.
“I told him we could use Barrister Useni Umar. I told Useni
that my chief would like to buy a house, but he wouldn’t
want the buyer to know he is the one buying.
“I took Useni to Honourable Bature as an agent. After two
days, the barrister told me he had concluded negotiation
with Bature and that he had agreed to sell the house for
N330m.
“My chief directed that I should pay for the house. I took the
equivalent of N330m in dollars, which was deducted from his
(Badeh’s) own money, and effected the payment.
“I collected the title documents for the house and handed
them over to my chief.