call from an " Okada " rider that they had se~ n the fugit ive in a bus h path near his house . They were then traced to th eir abode, the riders called the - defend~mt on phone, he came out, was arres\ ed and taken to the Spec ial Ant i Robbery ·Squad Nerii . He made a Statement to t he Pol ice and went bac k to his I house and noticed a lot of destruction cause (\ by those that broke into his house and noticed a lot of his propert.ies missin g. He went back to the Police and with the Police team and defend ant in tow w en t to his house the scene of crime and to the defendant' s residence there he id entified a lot of his missing properties . On getting back to his house, they saw thE: defendant' s clothes and the defendant admitt t~ d the clothes were his . He is afraid to go to his house and has mental trauma at the violation of his residence . In his cross - . \ examination sam e day by the learned defence counsel , Pwl affirmed he made a statement to the \l)ol ice , his statement was admitted as Exhibit A. Learned defence counsel use~h e statement to make the Pwl recant some of his testimony in court as t ~ y were not in his statement . On 7/3/18 his cross examination continued a~ Pwl affi m1ed that the defendant identified his clothes as the ones found at\~ scene of crime . Pwl could not state who told him that the defendant emerged from this ho use and fled. Pwl maintains that \ the defendant was part of the crime and he did not bring a thrumped up charge against him. He affirmed that his stolen properties were found in the defe'ndant' s house. \ On 14/ 3/18 the prosecution calle~ one Sergeant Enegide Chukwutel who testified on oath as Pw2 . It is his evidence that he is the investigating Police Ofticer of this matter though they investigated as a- team . He states that on ' ~-~, ~11 7 . he w-.., 5 c;rn duty at the S.A.R .S. Office Neni when Pwl came '.n with boys fr~ ~ h,- \i illage and reported that his house in the village had been This is th e Judgment a~'l ive r ed by ·Hon. Justi ce l) .A. Onyefulu on 24/7/2018 Page 3