PW3:
I can’t remember.
Mustapha Danjuma Esq: The statement you recorded from the
defendants was what you were told?
PW3:
I recorded the statements of the defendants directly from
them.
Mustapha Danjuma Esq: Did you visit the scene of crime?
PW3:
I did not visit the scene of crime.
Mustapha Danjuma Esq: Why did you not prosecuted the defendants?
PW3:
The Directive is that we should always transfer the case to
where an offence is committed.
Mustapha Danjuma Esq: That is all for the witness.
Court:
Re-examination.
O.B. Akusanya Esq: Nil
Court:
The witness is hereby discharged.
O.B. Akusanya Esq: Our PW4 is Inspector Lawal Abdullahi and will
testify in English language.
PW4 (after affirmation): My name is AP No. 192936 Inspector Lawal
Abdullahi. I live at Kaduna and currently with Kaduna State
Police Command. In October, 2020, I was attached to FIB
IRT that is Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response
Team, Abuja. I know the defendants. I am part of the team of
investigators in the case against the defendants. On the day of
the recording of their statements, I am the one that
interpreted their statement from Hausa to English and vice
versa because the defendants made their statements in Hausa
language. After the statement was recorded in English
language, the officers gave me the statements which were
recorded in English language and I read and interpreted the
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