2. That the death of the deceased was caused by the act of he accused.
3. The act of the accused which caused the death of the deceased was
intentional with the knowledge that death or grievous bodily harm was
its probable consequence. See the cases of SALE V. STATE and
UMARU V. STATE (Supra) referred to by the Learned Prosecution
Counsel in his final written address.
As stated earlier the prosecution in a bid to discharge the said burden
called a total of 6 witnesses and tendered 3 exhibits namely Exhibits A, A1
and B respectively. As stated earlier the first witness that testified for the
prosecution is one Sgt. AbdulAzeez Bello a police officer attached to the
C.I.D. office as an IPO. He narrated to this Honourable Court the steps he
took in recording the statement of the defendant by first of all administering
the words of caution on him in Hausa Language. He also narrated how the
defendant narrated to him what happened in this case and how he recorded
same in Hausa Language and how he later took the defendant and his
statement to his superior officer who after causing the statement to be read
to the defendant in Hausa Language asked the defendant whether he made
the statement and the defendant agreed he made the statement and how the
said superior officer endorsed the said statement. This witness also narrated
to this Court how he translated the said Hausa version into English Language
and later filed same in the case diary. The said Hausa and English version of
the statement of the defendant were admitted in evidence by this Honourable
Court as exhibit A and A1 respectively despite the objection to the
admissibility of same by the Learned Defence Counsel S. Ovie. Mrs. S. Ovie
told this Honourable Court that she would furnish her reasons for the
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