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.
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