H.S. Buhari Esq:
The Defendants are before the court and speak
Hausa Language.
Court to registrar:
Affirm yourself to interpret from English Language
to Hausa and Vice Versa.
H.S. Buhari Esq:
The case is for hearing and we intend to call 2
witnesses and they are before the Court. We are
ready.
M.I.Hanafi Esq:
We are also ready.
Court:
Proceed.
H.S.Buhari Esq:
Our PW1 is an official witness in person of Inspector
Waziri Muktar. He will testify in English Language.
We apply that he be called in to the witness box.
Court:
Permission to call PW1 into the witness box, is
hereby grated.
PW1 (After affirmation):My name is Sgt. Muktar Waziri force No.
504064. I am a public officer attached to state CID
Sokoto as Investigating Police Officer, I know the
Defendants and I came to know them on
20/10/2017 when they were brought from Kwanni
Divisional Police Headquarters in relation to the
case of criminal conspiracy and unnatural offence.
After they are were brought, out team was detailed
to investigate the case and the team comprised of
ASP Abdullahi Ladan, Insp. Sunday Mamman,
Insp. Danjuma Giwa, Sgt. Suleman Bello and
myself. Our Superior Officer in person of ASP
Abdullahi Ladan instructed me to record the
statements of the 2 Defendants one after the other. I
then started with one of them whom I think is the 2nd
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