M.S S.ovia. We will be objecting to the admissibility of this document and we will furnish our reasons in our written address. Court: The witness having identified the statement of the defendant made at the C.I.D Office Sokoto in Hausa language and the English translated version of same, same are hereby admitted in evidence despite the objection of the learned defence counsel to their admissibility reasons for which she will furnish her final written address. The said statements are admitted in evidence and are to be marked as exhibit A and A1 respectively. Signed M. Umar 09/05/2022 CROSS EXAMINATION I was detailed to investigate this matter that was transferred on the 29th of Sept, 2019. Before the 29th of Sept 2019 I have never heard about this case. All I did in respect of this case was to record the statement of the complainant and the defendant in this matter. My investigation did not stand and end with recording of the statement. I did not visit the hospital where the deceased died. We did not have a medical report pertaining the death of the deceased. We knew what caused the death of the deceased. All what I know was what I have told in this case. The defendant has no lawyer and no relative during the taking of his statement. We did not record any exhibit in this case. Exhibit A in the Hausa vision of the

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