made to her that she would be freed if she confessed
to the offence.
The prosecution also called as PW4, the said Mr. Joel
Tobi, the Secretary of the Maitama District Hospital at
the material time, who was referred to by the PW3 in
his testimony. In his testimony, he confirmed that he
knew the Defendant to be a staff of the hospital at
the material time; he identified the statement he
volunteered at the ICPC office when he was invited
for interrogation, tendered by the PW3 as Exhibit P6.
He also testified that the ICPC wrote to the hospital to
formally confirm the authenticity of the medical
reports found with the Defendant. He identified
Exhibits P1 and P2 as the said reports. He further
testified that upon receiving the letter from ICPC, the
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