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·thcr 1 1cmbcrs of their fam ily to Okija Shn 11~ by the d~ccascd in relation to a
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µi1.;:~ c;; ',r land . r k ~lah;J that it ,,as U ll(' Chuk.,, llllLI U1ll~\-\'l! lk1t 111~ d~1.:~.a:,;cd
sued a 1d he only act ed as a witness.
:-l e ma rnt amed that hc had no dispu te with anyone bu t ,vas merely la
witness. He stressed that he had no animosity tm, .u-ds the Dc J~ndant but th;1t
llie ldi ; r ,va~ very atrut'.ctlll.
He admitted that the OkijJ Shrine: matter haci been conclmkd before her
death .
PW4 was the mYest1gating otlicer, i.e. inspector 0km lnah - Force No.
AP 10•-J334 _ He stated that upon a rep01t made on I he 9Lh January 2012 about a
ca~e uf lllltrJe r at OLl1bLdu Police Station "by 011 ~ Chuka Nzdu agai11~1 th~
Defendant , he commenced investigation .
He rec orded the statement of the -Complainant and a witness. He further
visite I the ,d kged scene at Oraifite. Tbat was where the Defendant ,,vas
iJe11 i i ·,e;;J _ rk was arreslcJ a11J brought ;o the : -. talion . Hi:: - slak111~11( was
recor(.cd.
PW4 further visited th~ scene which is the compound of the~deceased .
He a Lo went to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaclnng Hospital where rhe corpse of the
Jecea )eJ wa~ Jeposiied. The corpse was identified by the Co111plai11a11l and
PW 4 LOok photograph of same. The case"' as thereafter transferred to the State
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Statement of the Defendant at Ozubulu Polil~e Station de ted 29/ I/2012 is
Exh il it P3 .
PW4 slai~d tl1al he was unable lo trace U1e photograph~r who took the
photc h-Tfaph of the deceased as he had relocated.
The stripe of 2 No . negatives was adriitted a;id marked as Exhibit P4 .
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Tl1(; 2 Nu. µl1otographs
the deceased v.-ere a<lmilled anJ markeJ a~
E:d1 i ,it P5 and P5A respectively .
Unde r cross-examination, PW4 denitd knO\\ing the Nze iu family prior to
thi s uci dc1L He stated that the corpse had bec11 taken to ti e mortuary ever
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