' 5 The defendant testi fi ed as OW l . His evidence in defence is to the effect that on 14/ l 0/2014 , around 6am, some unknown persons he thought was the apprentice to one of the tenants who norm ally go out earl y to the market, entered the compound. OW 1 on coming out to open the gate discovered that the padlock had been cut. He also noticed that the padlock to the generator room was also cut and one of the generators missing. He then went to where they park motorcycl e but did not see the motorcycle . He alerted one Innocent, a tenant and told him that his motorcycle was nowhere to be fou.nd . Innocent mshed to the gate where he discovered one stolen motorcycle abandoned at the gate . He also recovered an abandoned slippers by the thieves. The said Innocent then questioned the Defendant about the missing motorcycle, alleging that the Defendant stole it . D\V1 alle ged that his Boss one Donatus Obieze requested that Innocel1t should take it easy but he refused . The Defendant added that he and Innocent have had problems in the past when Innocent spoilt his phone . He conceded that the missing motorcycle belonged to Innocent though he was being referred to as Paul Okafor in the charge . DW 1 stated that Innocent invited the police who came and arrested him . He conceded to have made statement to the police . Under cross-examination , DWI confirmed that two motorcycles and one generator were reported missing in the course of his duty as a security man. He stated that he found out that t~e said items were missing around 6:30am. He denied knowing or meeting one Tochukwu and one Ogbonna (now at large) at a wedding which took place in the compound onl 1/10/2017 . ' DWl maintained that he opened the gate on the said day by 7am. He agreed that the motorcycles were parked under the staircase while the generator was inside the tenerator house . He however denied deleting his call log that 1norn111g. OW 1 reinstated that he is not the only one with the keys to the gate padlock but he is the one that usually locks and opens the gate daily . He also denied to have opened the gate for Tochukwu and Ogbonna to enter the compound and steal the missing items . r . - ~ ~ - -..JQi:.J.IJJ....IJl~ close of the case for Defence H1:--_,.• fdf~:ftslR'r /' (/,l l . both opted as final addresses on 2S/4/2018 . CERTIWILllAI /~ I,- J /# /JQ/ . .....j. ~5,1 P ECOPY p . E. C ~L / REGISTR~R