(ii) By circumstantial evidence leading to an irresistible inference of guilt; and (iii) By reliance on the voluntary confessional statement of the Defendant. See: AKPAN v STATE (2016) LPELR-40113(SC), per Peter-Odili, JSC at page 7, paras. A – C; AL-MUSTAPHA v STATE (2013) LPELR-20995(CA), per Pemu, JCA at page 80, paras. A – B; and BLESSING v F.R.N (2012) LPELR-9835(CA), per Ogbuinya, JCA at pages 50 – 51, paras. F – D. In the instant case, the Prosecution had in proof of its case, called three witnesses (PW1, PW2 and PW3), tendered three confessional statements of the Defendant (Exhibits PW2A, PW3A and PW3B); as well as two statements of account of PW1 (Exhibits PW3C and PW3D). In his evidence as PW1, Dozie Ogbonna had told the Court that he was doing his National Youth Service (NYSC) at Keffi. He said he knew the Defendant and explained that on the 4th of July, 2016 he was on his way back to Abuja from Kano and at that time he was doing his internship of Pharmacy at the National Hospital, Abuja. He stated that after arriving at Abuja, he wanted to take a cab from Kubwa Expressway to Berger Junction and subsequently to National Hospital. He said the cab he boarded contained 2 men and 2 women inside. He stated that on their wa to Berger Junction, the driver who was one of the two men in the cab, said the lady whom he was carrying behind was carrying a carton filled with money and he did not know where she got the money from. They now 13

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