adversarial system of criminal justice, it is trite law that in criminal trials, it is the duty of the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant who is being charged with allegation of committing a crime. - Ajibade V. State {2013} 8 NCC 221 - Smart V. State {2016} LPELR 40827 - Akinlola V. State {2015} LPELR 25986 The rationale behind this duty upon the prosecution, is derived from the constitutional presumption of innocence in favour of the defendant which has been guaranteed by section 36 (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. - State V. Odomo {2019} 24 WRN 164 - Tobi V. State {2019} 14 WRN 149 - Nwodo V. State {2019} 20 WRN 58 By the contents of the charge sheet, the defendant is alleged to have committed the offence of robbery along Bachaka - Gudu road in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto in that according to the charge, the defendant along with others now at large, armed themselves with stick, cutlass and gun, blocked the road and thereafter attacked and robbed one Shehu Muhammed and his passengers the sum of N287,720 four {4} handsets, clothes and some provisions the value of which were not ascertained in the recent case of Aliyu V. State {2023} 18NWLR pt 1915 p1 Ratio 3 at page4, the Supreme Court has held that to prove the offence of robbery, the following elements must be established by the prosecution:- Page 6 of 12