started discussing in the cab regarding the lady with the money. PW1 said that
when he did not join them, the driver took it upon himself to ask him what he
thought and he also suggested that the woman be asked where she got the
money from. He stated that upon further interrogation by him and the other
persons in the cab, the lady opened up and stated that she stole the money from
a man in Kano State. She stated that the man had kept her in his house for some
months and she was able to escape with the man’s money. So on discussion, she
pleaded that they should help her as she did not know anybody in Abuja. The
lady also said that when she found the money she also saw something that
looked like a charm inside the money. She said she tried to steal some of the
money inside the carton but the charm affected her, so she took the whole
carton. So the other lady sitting close to her proposed to help her and stated that
she knew a man that healed her Dad from a charm related illness. She said they
should all go there and see if the lady was telling the truth so that the man would
help her.
According to PW1, on getting to the man’s place, the person he saw was the
Defendant in this case, Mr. Bala Tangalu. He said the Defendant said since they
all came to him together, they should all take part in what was going to happen.
Pw1 said that when what he saw there was not what he expected, he wanted to
leave, but the Defendant insisted that he should stay back so that they could all
help the woman. PW1 stated that the Defendant then said they should all get
materials which he will use to destroy the charm. PW1 sadi that very day he gave
the Defendant the sum of N240,000 (Two Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira)
which according to the Defendant was the cost of the materials he will use to
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