matter to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Cops, Sokoto State
Command Headquarters who eventually preferred a First Information
Report against the respondent and took him to Chief Magistrate Court
1 sokoto for the offences of Criminal Breach of Trust, Criminal
Misappropriation and Cheating punishable under sections 312, 309
and 222 of the penal code.
For the purpose of determining this appeal this court has decided to
adopt issue No.2 as formulated by the appellant’s counsel because the
issue apart from being substancially the same with issue NO.2
formulated by the respondent’s counsel, is also all encompassing to
address all the issues raised by counsel in this appeal, and is hereby
reproduced below as follows:“Whether the trial court properly
evaluated the evidence led before it by
both parties before the trial court
discharged and acquitted the respondent
of the offences with which he was
charged?”
The two {2} counts charges for the offences of criminal breach of trust
and criminal misappropriation punishable under sections 302 and 298
of the penal code law 2019 of Sokoto state under which the respondent
was tried, discharged and acquitted by the trial court, are hereby
reproduced below as follows:“Charge No.1
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