lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANAM11RA 'S'l'Al 'I"', <H, NICl<'.IHA . - IN Tl-IE A WKA JUDICIAL DIVISION • ' HOLDEN AT A WKA BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP, HON. JUSTICE o. c·. DELIVERED MAIHJECIIESI, ; ' ; ON TH E 22 ND DAY -OF NOVEMBER 2016 · SUIT NO A/6C/i,01 I f) BETWEEN: STATE AND OFORDJLE ORAKPU JUDGMENT The ~efendant is charged with the offence of armed robbery contrary to section I (_:2) o1 tl:e Ro~be _ry a_nd Firearms (special provisions) Act, cap 398 22 , Laws or the 1- cdcr~1t 1011s o1 N 1gcna 1990 as amended by /\ct No. 62 of 1999. The particulars of the offence were that the defendant was alleged to haveth r~bbed one Agatha Ezeoke of undisclosed amount of money at gun point on the 5 day of May 2010 . The prosecution cal led four witnesses in proof of its case . These witnesses are : a. Agatha Ezeoke PW I b. Peter Onuegbuna PW2 c. Osita Odike PW3 cl. Surscnc Epimor PW4 The defendant testified for himself as DW1 and called no further witness . The defendant denied ever committing the offence . I must state here that upon the arraignment of the defendant on the 4/7/ l 5, the defendan't was not represented by a counsel. Mr. .I.I. Iguh and his team or lm,vyers agreed to take the dock brief as ordered by the court. The facts of this case are summarized as follows : PW I was a pump attendant or sales girl at Capad Filling Station Agulu. ;\t about 7.20am on the 5/5/ 10. t,.vn boys came with a motorcycle to buy fuel. She dispensed three liters or fuel hut they rei'used to pay . She insisted on being p,1id . U11c nl" tlw hoyc.; brought cl loc:tlly 11rnJc pistol and pointed it at her. He asked her to lie down . I le collcctcd the proceeds or her sale that morning and they sped oil. While this was going on , PW2 rode into the scene with his own motorcycle . The boy with a gun pointed the gun al him . I le lell into a pit and he vvas asked to lie dm\n . I le clicl . I-le managed to observe ,llld saw Pa ge I1

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