Under cross examination, this witness stated that he visited the scene of the crime but did not recover any evidence there and he did not interview any witness there that saw the defendant committing the offence. The next witness that testified for the prosecution is Nana Firdausi Bello. She is 9 years old at the time she testified and therefore a minor. She gave an unsworn testimony and prior to her testimony this Hon. Court posed some questions to her to determine her competency to testify as required by section 209(1) of the Evidence Act 2011. This Hon. Court is convinced that from the answers given by the said Nana Firdausi Bello to the questions posed to her by this Hon. Court, she possesses sufficient intelligence and understood the duty of speaking the truth. For instance a question was posed to her by this court in the following terms: “What will be the consequences when a person appeared before a court and tell lies and she answered that such a person has committed wrong and will be cast into hell fire by God in the hereafter”. Therefore from the answers given by this witness to the questions posed to her by this court, this court is satisfied that she is competent testify before this court. As stated earlier this witness gave an 6