See ADNA VS. STATE (2006) 9 NWLR (PT. 984) 152 at 167
SC.
AKPA VS. STATE (2007) 2 NWLR (PT. 1019) 500 C.A.
In proof of the Prosecution’s case, only one Witness
was called. She is one Ganiat Yusuf, the investigating
Police Officer attached to Asokoro Police Station.
have
earlier
in
this
Judgment
summarized
I
her
evidence. It is basically hearsay as to what happened
at the scene.
She further said when the case was
referred to her for investigation, the Complainant Linus
Iroegbu of the same address with the Defendant gave
a voluntary statement alleging a case of culpable
homicide.
The said Iroegbu Linus was not called to
testify. She said she proceeded to the scene of crime
and recovered a 2 by 3 Plank with nail which the
Defendant used in hitting the deceased back head
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