H.S. Buhari Esq: Our PW1 is a male, Muslim and will testify in Hausa
language. His name is Usman Mustapha. We apply
that the witness be called into the witness box.
Court:
Leave to call PW1 into the witness box is hereby
granted.
PW1 (After affirmation): My name is Usman Mustapha. I live at
Garge Area, Sokoto. I am a trader. I know the
defendant. On 31/3/2020 while I was coming back
from where I was doing my trader at about 10:20pm,
I met one Ahmed a son to my relation and who is
now dead. I met him lying down in pull of his blood
and at that time there was nobody around him, and I
asked him “who did this to you?” “and the boy said it
was Bilal” and who happens to be the defendant. I
then called my brother and informed him. Then my
brother Falalu came and we took Ahmad to Marina
Police Station. The Police gave us 2 Police Officers
and we jointly took Ahmad to Specialist Hospital,
Sokoto. The Specialist Doctor rejected him and so we
proceeded to UDUTH Sokoto. He was admitted at
UDUTH and we were asked to conduct some tests.
At the hospital we are 4 namely Jafar, Yusuf, Falalu
and myself. Ahmad repeated his words by saying it
was Bilal who inflicted the injuries on his body.
On 1/4/2020 we went for scanning on the 2/4/2020,
Ahmad died. After the confirmation of his death, his
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