Government Education Authority and is not responsible for paying salaries of teachers by cash, him not being a Cashier of the LGEA cannot have the privilege of having the salaries of PW3 and PW4 in his hands and in cash to the extent of under paying them, as well as held the salary of one Abubakar Usman of May, 2017 and paid him in May, 2018 as disclosed by Exhibit ICPC BGKB9 tendered by the 1st Defendant, if there is no mutual understanding and co-operation between the 1st Defendant and 2nd Defendant to corruptly confer an unfair advantage upon themselves inconsistent with their official duties and the rights of the teachers who were entitled to the complete payment of their monthly salary at the end of every month. It is trite law that the offence of Conspiracy is a matter of inference deduceable from many acts of the Conspirators apparently done in pursuance of their common intention. Once there is evidence before the Court showing the Community efforts of the Conspirators done in pursuance of an apparent common intention to commit a crime as in this case, then the offence of Criminal Conspiracy is complete. - State V. Olademeji (2003)7 SC 108. - Osetola V. State (2012)6 SCNJ 329. - Njovens V. State (1998)1 ACLR 224 - Oyediran V. FRN (2003)3 ACLR 513 In view of the findings made earlier in this Judgment with regards to the offence of Conspiracy, this Court is in total agreement with the submission of the Prosecution Counsel that the offence of Criminal Conspiracy against the two (2) Defendants has been proved beyond reasonable doubt as the 2nd Defendant had earlier pleaded guilty when his plea was taken. I therefore found the 2 Defendants guilty for the offence of Criminal Conspiracy as charged. 15

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