(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
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