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· . ii · tli l. '. dc~cascd . He 1s also 11ul aw .tre whether lite Jeceased h-L.J
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1>W5 wa s one Eke Eni , the Assistant Superinte ndent of Po ice attached to
the St )1c CID Awka . At the material time , he was serving at St:1te ClD Awka .
On I O. I I / 12 , a case of murder from Ozubulu Division was tran .:) ferred to Stare
CID and was referred to him and Inspector Samuel Nwagbala for investigation .
O n receipt of ·the case file , the Complainant, Chin w e Nzelu and.
Chuk w uka N Lclu rnaJe voluntary slalement. The D efendant abo volu11lent:d a
statc11 :c11t recorded by Inspector Samuel Nwagbala in his presence .
Subsequently , they visited both the home of t he deceased at Ozubulu and
\ lniv E·rsity Teaching Hospital at Nnewi whe re the ci eceased was deposited in the
hosp i al moit uary . Photographs were taken .
Therc zi ftcr , they filled Corona ' s Forms , served same on the Police Doctor
one D r. Kazim Olawoye who performed post morte m on the d e:;ceased who was
iJe11 L l'inl by Chukwuka Nzelu . Finally, lilt: case was chargeJ lo court.
The statement of the Defendant dated 12/1/2012 is adm itted and marked
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PWS .confirmed that the post mortem report by the said Dr. Kazim was
Ju111: in his presence. The Joclor is now in ½iberia .
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Th e Death Report to Corona-Fonn B 'together with the Report of Medical
PrJ d itiom:r fonn C , Post Mortem Exa,mination R cp01t attached is Exhibit P7 .
Under cross-examination , PW5 confirmed he was told that the deceased
Jiet• 011 o/i / 2012 .
He furl her confirmed that the de~easeJ I iveJ l'ur
app ·oximatcly one month after assault before she died.
He admitted that before her death . she w as taken to Odinafhma Private
H 0 pit,1\ wh ere she stayed for a day . She was also taken to prayer house hut
w a . discharged the next day as her condition worsened. She was finally rushed
to t 1e Teaching Hospital where the died few hours after getting there.
With the conclusion of the evidenc~ of PW5 and at the end of the case fo r
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s ub mission . This was overruled. Deferce opened on 25 January 2017 wit h
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