Court resumed today 31/1/2024 Appearances: O. Badejo Esq. for prosecution with A.M. Dingyadi Esq. Dr. M.H. Adamu Esq. for the defendants. O. Badejo Esq: The matter is for continuation of defence. The defendants are in court and speak Hausa language. Court to Registrar: Affirm yourself and interpret the proceedings of this court from English to Hausa and vice versa. Dr. M.H. Adamu Esq: Our DW4 in person of Abdullahi Usman is in court and will testify in Hausa language. DW4 (after affirmation): My name is Abdullahi Usman. I live at Kalmanu, Illela LGA of Sokoto State. I am the Youth Leader of Miyetti Allah. I now the defendants and their names are Mallam Abdullahi and Aliyu Umar. The defendants are being suspected to have committed the offence of Kidnapping. The defendants do not use to involve themselves in kidnapping because I know the 1st defendant is a rearer while the 2nd defendant is a businessman who used to travel from their village to Lagos. I am telling this court that they did not commit the offence alleged against them. That is all. Dr. M.H. Adamu Esq: That is all for this witness. Court: Cross-examination O. Badejo Esq: How old are you? DW4: I am 35 years old. The defendants are my brothers and I know them together for long. The defendants are also brothers. All of us know each other because we are in the same town. Apart from being Miyetti Allah Youth Leader, I am not doing any other work. I am not a police officer and Page 28 of 31