Gwagwa road. I told them to go and get some money in order to remove
the charm. They all left and DOzie later returned with about One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150,000), but I further told him that after
removing the charm that the money was still hot, that more money was
required to make the said stolen money cold. Dozie went back and
subsequently was bringing the remaining money instalmentally as was
directed. In all over Two Million Naira was collected from him.
Further, in Exhibit PW3A, the confessional statement made by the Defendant at
EFCC dated 6th December, 2016, he stated, inter alia, as follows:
Sometimes in early 2016, I met one James at Life Camp Area and when I
lost my job wit NEPA he introduced me to 419. I started working with them
at Dape. In July, 2016 some of the gang members went out for normal taxi
business they were 4 gang members in the vehicle and they picked one
passenger named Ugo and suddenly along the way one of the gang
members said he wanted to drop and they started arguing with the driver
when he told his that no one is dropping as they have seen the money he
stole from his Oga that they later agreed to share the money but the
owner of the money said the money is guided by charm and they have to
remove the charm before they can share the money. From there all the
occupants of the vehicle drove to Dape to see a native doctor aka
Babalawo. I told them that the charm is harmful and I needed to buy some
materials to be able to destroy the charm. They left and Ugo came back
with N150,000 and the next day I told him that the money is not ok and he
kept bringing money in instalments until the total money reached
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