The lone Exhibit tendered in this case is the statement of the Defendant which is Exhibit A. PW1 stated that he is a Banker with First Bank of Nigeria PIc and that he is the ATM custodian with the said Bank at its Airport Road, Effurun Branch" He stated that he knows the Defendant. Also, that his duty as ATM custodian is to load the ATM machine with cash and then ensure that it pays money, cash to customers. Furthermore, that Fridays of every week, he would then hand over his duties as custodian to another staff who would then be on duty for the weekend, and, then hand over back to him on lVonday. PW1 then stated that on the lBth of February,2022, he handed over duty to one Osunbor Vitalis. He further stated that himself and another staff work together, and, then hand over to two other staff. He stated that he has a combination, a set of codes that gives a person access to the ATM, while his other colleague has the key. He stated that on the 18th of February,2022, himself and his unnamed colleague, who had the key then handed over duties on the lBth of February,2022, to Osunbor Vitalis with the expectation to resume on the 21't of February,2022. PW1 then narrated to this Court that on lhe 21't of February, 2022 as at 7.30am the resumption time, the said Vitalis Osunbor had not resumed, and, did not resume ever again. PW1 stated that he made a report to the Head of the Branch of the Bank at B.00am, who then went into the Bank's vault, brought the spare keys to the ATM vault, to enable them gain access to the ATIV, and upon ascertainment of the quantity or amount of cash available, noted that over the sum of Eleven Million Naira was missing. PWI stated further that he made a statement to the police, and that after the Bank's internal investigation and audit, the amount of money missing was purport at Eleven tVlillion, Four Hundred Thousand Naira. PW1 stated that he handed over his duties to Vitalis, while one Joy handed over her duties to the Defendant alongside eight keys for the eight ATtMs Under cross examination, PW1 stated that he did not give the combination to the Defendant, and that only the keys were handed over to him. He stated that without the combination, the vault cannot be opened. He stated that himself and another person loaded cash into the said ATIV machine. He stated further that on that very day, he loaded some cassettes along with the cash in the ATNI , which according to him on the day of the incident was more than eleven Vlillion, four Hundred Thousand Naira was missing. PW1 stated that he is not the CSO of that Branch of the Bank. He stated that it is not his duty to fix a faulty ATM machine, 2

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