I fell into a pit wi lhin th e filling station . He asked me to lc1 y down there / obeyed him and bent down inside Lhe pit. Al th at lim e. the cle/'cndanl who is in court now was sti 11 standing with th e petrol attendant. The one with the gun \,V Cllt to them and pointed th e gun at th e petrol attendant. When he lei-l me , J stood up in th e pil beca use it is a shallow pit I observed nml saw what happen ed c lear ly. The defend ant in court now snatched th e mon ey wh ic h th e female illlrndanl \V,.l.S holding and lhe yo un g men _j umped onlo a ye llo w carter motor cycle and sped off ' The following is th e excerpts of th e cross examination of th e PW2 Qtn : at th e police stnti on, did the police conduct an identificntion parn de for you lo icl entiry th e dclenclnnt ? Ans: The poli ce did not conduct nn identilication parade for rne . 1 WEIS one of th e people that rnug ht th e de fen dant and took h im to the po lice. \ Qtn : Did th e police conduct any parade for yo u to id entify the motor cycle used in th e operation') Ans : No . th e police did not conduct EJ ny ident ification parade or motor C) clcs . I \\ ,is ,1rn ong th ose that took both the clclcnclanl and his mot or cycle lo the po lice . Qtn : Did yo u inform th e police that th e motor cycle yo u brought nlongside the defendant was th e one used /or th e arm ed robbery '? /\n s: Yes I told lhL' poli ce th at. Qtn : did yo u rel I the police th at th e man yo u sa id that yo u brought vvas one Of th e peo pl e who attempt ed to ro b yo u and who indeed robbed the CA PAD fillin g station '7 Ans : I told the police that th e de/'endant is one of the persons that robbed th e fillin g station . Qin : \,\,ere yo u one of the people who pursu ed and caught the clefenclnnt ? /\ns : l ,vas not one of them . Before I came, th e cle/'endant had been ca ught. Qtn : can yu u tell the court, lh e nam es of those perso ns who pursued nncl caught th e defendant '! Ans : I cannot tell their names . Qtn : Tell th e court where th e villagers caught the defendant ? Ans : he was caught al Umubiara village. Agulu inside a farm vvhere he was runnin g. ()111 : ~ire) CH I te lling lhi s court thul the villagers ,verc pursuing lwo rncn Pag e I9

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