judgment over a contempt charge. The amount was later negotiated to the sum of N50,000.00K marked Naira notes to give to the Accused and that he (PW2) alongside the PW1 went to the Accused residence where after a brief discussion he gave the accused the N50,000.00K and the accused collected and saw them off. Thereafter the ICPC officials accosted them, searched the house and the N50, 000.00K was found on the floor behind a sofa chair in the Accused house. PW3 also gave evidence for the prosecution on oath, he is by name Umar Baba, he stated that he was the leader of the team of investigations that investigated the complaint against the accused. He testified as to how they (investigators) placed themselves in vantage positions by the Accused person’s house and upon receiving the pre-arranged signal that the accused had collected the N50, 000.00K. His team accosted them asked everybody to go back into the house upon which a search warrant was endorsed and about to be executed when the accused docked behind a sofa in the sitting room and was frantically trying to hide something. PW3 further stated that the accused was asked to bring out what he was trying to hide and he did. It was discovered to be the N50,000.00K which accused had earlier collected from PW2. The said N50,000.00K was counted 4

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