Court to Registrar: Affirm yourself to interpret from English to Hausa
and vice versa.
H.S. Buhari Esq: The case is for continuation of hearing and we have
our last witness Inspector Danjuma Giwa is in court
and we are ready.
S. Ovia Esq:
We are also ready.
Court:
Permission to call PW3 into the witness box is hereby
granted.
PW3 (after affirmation): My name is Inspector Danjuma Giwa. I live
at Unguwar Rogo Police Barracks, Sokoto. I am a
Police Officer attached to State CID Office Sokoto as
an IPO. Some of my duties includes recording of
statements of complainants, witnesses and suspects. I
know the defendant. I know him by name Bilal
Ibrahim. I know him on the 2/4/2020 when I was on
duty at State CID Office Sokoto when the defendant
was transferred from Central Police Station Sokoto to
CID Office in connection with the case of Culpable
Homicide involving one Ahmed Abubakar now
deceased. I was among the IPOs that were assigned to
investigate the case. The IPOs comprises of DSP
Musa Ibrahim, myself, Inspector Tyson. I was
assigned to record the statement of the defendant. I
then took my statement form and invited the
defendant to our detective room. The place where
investigation is conducted is a public place where
visitors came to visit detainees and is the place where
all IPOs sit and record statements from complainants,
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