Therefore, he was an Accomplice.
He did not deny his involvement. It would have been a different case if he
had denied his involvement because it means he had something to gain.
According to him, he came clean. If he came clean, then he would have
calculated the implications of his Confession and would have anticipated an
Indictment and be charged along with his Boss.
In any event, he still faced the Consequences as the EFCC made him to refund
every Penny he took.
Even though there is no apparent evidence of Bias, his Testimony would still
be corroborated by other Direct or Circumstantial Evidence, whether Oral or
Documentary, as the Case is being determined.
As regards the alleged Contradiction In Evidence, it is trite as held PER His
Lordship, BELGORE, J.S.C (P. 15, PARA A) in IKEMSON & ORS V. STATE
(1989) LPELR-1473 (SC) that if there are contradictions in the evidence of
the prosecution, and the contradictions go materially to the charge, doubt
will be created and benefit of it must be given the accused person, in which
case he will be discharged.
Her Lordship, AUGIE, J.S.C (PP. 45-48, PARAS. D-B) in IKPA V. STATE
(2017) LPELR-42590 (SC), held thus: “It is not every minor contradiction that matters and as held in the Case of
KALU V. STATE (1988) 3 NSCC 1, for a Trial Judge to disbelieve a Witness,
the Contradiction in his Evidence must be on a Material Point. The Law
allows room for Minor Discrepancies in the Evidence of Witnesses, which
may not be fatal to the Prosecution's Case. The Word "Contradiction" comes
from two Latin words - contra meaning opposite, and dicere, which means to
say. So, to contradict is to speak or affirm the contrary, and a piece of
evidence is contradictory to another when it asserts or affirms the Opposite
of what the other asserts; not necessarily when there are minor
discrepancies in the details between them. As NNAEMEKA-AGU, JSC, SAID
IN OGOALA V. STATE "Contradiction between two pieces of evidence goes
rather to the essentiality of something being or not being at the same time
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