PW5: Yes. M.I. Hanafi Esq: You came in contact with the case on 31/7/2019? PW5: Yes M.I. Hanafi Esq: You came in contact with the case on 31/7/2019? PW5: Yes and I am not aware that the incident happened on 7/6/2019. M.I. Hanafi Esq: The incident happened on 7/6/2019? PW5: I don’t know, but the matter was transferred from state CID Sokoto to our AIG Zonal Office here in Sokoto. M.I. Hanafi Esq: You are not the officer who arrested the 2nd Defendant? PW5: We arrested him in a team. He was arrested at Market, Gidan Madi town. But we have been looking for the 2nd Defendant for more than a month before he was arrested. M.I. Hanafi Esq: The statement of the 2nd Defendant was made more than a month from the date of the incident? PW5: Yes. M.I. Hanafi Esq: You are not part of the team of the state CID Sokoto who started the investigation? PW5: I was not and because of that, I was unable to see the corpse of the deceased. M.I. Hanafi Esq: That is all for this witness. Court: Re-Examination. Abbas Samaila Esq: No any re-examination and we apply that the witness be discharged. Court: The witness is hereby discharged. Page 17 of 24

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