preposterous to look for such evidence in other directions….” In Abacha V. State {supra} at page 523, Onu JSC held that the best evidence of conspiracy is usually obtained from one of the conspirators or from inferences. In exhibit E1, the 3rd defendant stated as follows:“In the month of February, 2019 there was one woman called Hajiya Maryam of Ruggar Fakko in Tambuwal LGA Sokoto that we have ever kidnapped three of us namely; myself, Danairi and Alhaji and took her to Kebbe bush.” Again PW3 one Hajiya Maryam Mohammed during her evidence in-chief testified as follows:“When I went out to verander, one of those 3 people who came to our house, got hold of my hand and he asked me whether I am Hajiya Maryam, and I said yes. He then said let us go, he then forced me to follow him while the ones were assisting him-----.” Both PW4 and PW5 testified to the facts that during the rescue mission of their mother PW3, they met 3 persons in custody of their mother and identified 1st and 2nd defendants as among the persons who abducted their mother. The evidence of PW3 apart from corroborating the contents of exhibit E1, also shows some community efforts on the part of all the defendants designed to commit the offence of abduction against PW3. From the foregoing pieces of evidence against the defendants in respect of the offence of conspiracy, I am in complete 25

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