its admissibility in evidence. Exhibit B, already admitted in evidence is therefore rightly admitted in evidence and I so hold. In a charge of rape contrary to section 260 of the penal code, the prosecution has to prove the following ingredients of the offence before it can secure conviction as follows: 1. That the accused person had sexual intercourse with the girl or woman in question. 2. That it was done with or without her consent when she is under 14 years of age. 3. That the girl was not the wife of the accused. 4. That there was penetration. In her written submissions before this court, the prosecuting counsel stated that the prosecution has established the 1st ingredient of the offence i.e that the accused person had sexual intercourse with the woman or girl in question by the evidence of Nana Firdausi Bello pw3 in her evidence before this court. It is also the view of the prosecution counsel that the confessional statement of the accused person, exhibit A and A1 corroborated the evidence of pw3. 16