Yakubu Sani Esq: That is all for this witness.
Court:
CROSS-EXAMINATION
Abdullateef Akangbe Esq: Nil.
Court:
The witness is discharged.
Yakubu Sani Esq” Our PW3 is Inspector Rabiu Garba and will testify
in English language.
PW3 (After affirmation): My name is Insp. Rabiu Garba AP/No.
180230 attached to State CID Office Sokoto as an
IPO under Anti-Robbery Section. I know all the
Defendants as a result of a case of Criminal
Conspiracy, Armed Robbery and Causing Grievous Hurt
transferred to CID from Gwiwa Police Station,
Sokoto on 20/12/2019 which was assigned to our
team. Cpl. Habibu Ladan was instructed to record the
statement of the 1st Defendant. After the statement
was taken, I took the 1st Defendant along with the
recovered
Exhibit
to
the
Exhibit
Keeper
for
registration. At that time, 2nd and 3rd Defendants were
at large. The items that I took the 1st Defendant along
with the Exhibit Keeper are 1 cutlass, 2 handsets,
liquid substance inside pack suspected to be liqour. It
was on 31/11/2018 that the 2nd and 3rd Defendants
were arrested and brought to CID by some
policemen. I was personally detailed to record their
statements. I took them to our detective room where
we normally record statements of Complainants,
witnesses and suspects. I first of all started with the
recording of the statement of Sama’ila Abdullah who
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