necessary, is evidence of agreement of 2 or more persons to commit an offence, and in the absence of an apparent agreement, then evidence of some community efforts on the part of all the accused persons aimed at committing a crime, and once either one of these is established by the prosecution before the court, it will then be safe to convict for the offence of Criminal Conspiracy. - Salawu V. State (2016) 12 NCC 1. - Obiakor V. State (2002) 10 NWLR Pt 776 P 612. - Abacha V. State (2002) 11 NWLR Pt 779 P 437. - Patrick Njovens V. State (1973) 5 SC 17 at 263-264. - Akinkunmi V. State (2022) 9 NWLR Pt 1836 P 585. Stressing on the gist of the offence of Conspiracy, the court Per Nwekze JSC in the case of Akinkunmi V. State (Supra) at pages 585-586 Paras G-A has this to say:“...the gist of the offence of Conspiracy lies not in the doing of the act…but informing the scheme or agreement between the parties.” - State V. Salawu (2011) 18 NWLR Pt 1279 P 580. - Oloye V. State (2018) 14 NWLR Pt 1640 P 509. - Ogogovie V. State (2016) 12 NWLR Pt 1527 P 468. - Kayoed V. State (2016) 7 NWLR Pt 1511 P 199. As to the evidence of Conspiracy, it is only a matter of common sense to have recourse to the evidence of one of the conspirators or the contents of his statement or from inferences surrounding the facts and circumstances of the case. - Patrick Njovens V. State (Supra). - Abacha V. State (Supra). Page 8 of 14