Account PW3 said PW1 paid N 1,086,500 to the Defendant, which pW2 paid
N938,500 to the Defendant. PW3 further stated that PW1 and PW2 complained
that after paying to the Defendant these sums of money, the Defendant
disappeared, without supplying the said goods, which she, the Defendant had
agreed to supply.
According to PW3, he stated that PW1 and PW2 complained that they
could not reach the Defendant on phone either. So, according to PW3,
investigation commenced. PW3 stated that he recorded statements from pW1
and PW2. Then, PW3 stated he then secured an Order from Court to place a
memo pad on the Defendant's Account and despite that, the Defendant could not
be reached. Then, according to PW3, the police then resorted to tracking the
Defendant's number, which then yielded positive results, which then enabled the
police to arrest the Defendant.
According to PW3 the Defendant then made her statement under caution,
and in the said statement, PW3 stated that the Defendant agreed collecting
money from PW1 and PW2 and then started to plead that she, the Defendant
would refund money back to PW1 and pW2.
According to PW3, four other people came to the police station to complain
that the Defendant had defrauded them, and, then, ran away. PW3 stated that
among these new nominal complaints, he recorded statements from one Stella,
one Osadebe and from one other person, whose name, he could not readily
recall , and that the Defendant also agreed that she collected monies from them
but she pleaded for time to refund to them their monies. He stated that the
Defendant was apprehensive of further arrest.
He stated that the nature of goods that the defendant was to supply PWI
and PW2 were bags of rice, beans and groundnut oil. The statement of the
Defendant is Exh" B before this Court. According to PW3, the Defendant
admitted the allegations against her and so, an Attestation, which is Exhibit C
before this Court was taken. The details of the Defendant's statement of account
is Exhibit D"
PW3 also stated that the Defendant relocated from her house, hence, the
Police resorted to tracking the Defendant through her phone, and, was arrested
in one village near Agbarho.
Under cross-examination, PW3 stated that the Defendant did not supply
forty three bags of rice before her arrest. PW3 stated that the defendant went to
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