was also an officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), whi also joined him in pursuing the Defendant. He said they arrested the Defendant and he was taken to the DSS Office in Asokoro, from where they transferred the matter to the EFCC. PW2, James Francis, who satted that he was an officer of the DSS, FCT command, told the Court that he knew the Defendant in this case. He stated that about the 17th of November, 2016 it was his usual practice that any time he closed early from work he usually stopped at the Junction fo National Hospital along Airport Road to lift frail-looking and sick people. He stated that on that day he parked and about three men entered the car, including the Defendant, Bala Tangalu. He said shortly before he drove off, one young man was begging him to stop whom he later discovered was Dozie Ugonna, a Pharmacist (PW1). PW2 stated that when he stopped, Dozie Ugonna (PW1) asked him to park and lock the car so that he could go and call the police to arrest somebody in the car. PW2 said that immediately he parked, Bala Tangalu opened the door of the car and started running. PW2 stated that being a law enforcement officer, he cleared all the road and gave him a chase. He said within 15 minutes he was able to pin the Defendant down and arrest him and handcuff him. He said he brought the Defendant back and asked what the problem was between the two of them. He stated that when the crown was smelling, he had to handcuff the two of them and he took them back to the FCT Command of the DSS in Asokoro, Abuja. PW2 stated that at the office, Pharmacist Ugonna, accused Bala Tangalu and three others of collecting over N2.5 million from him in series that lasted 17

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