LPELR - 23468 (CA) . In this matte r the State prnff(•rPd II < rn11It •, o f .irr111•d robb ery aga in st the defendant s and no oth e r of h.:' nct~. I l1 L1 cll ,ir1 1,t 11 , w tirP 1101 amended and the state is duty bound Lo leJ cl (• vicl (• 11 c(• i11 ', tIpp o I1 ul ti Hi charges of armed robbery alone . Ther e ha s bee n no c_1 vid e 11 u· r~iv c• ,, l>y t Ill' p\N l t O p W 3 in SU pp Ort Of the 4 CO LI n t S Of th i S Ch MI?, C J nd I I l' Iy rI() 0 0 11 I lw cas~ of S. C. AGBO v THE STATE (201 3) LPELI~ - 20388 (SC ) fJl'r I /\1\IYI JSC t.1 ~ ht! then w as , I quote his Lordship thu s " The purport of a no case submission is th at th e Court i) nol c;c,ll t: d upon at that stage to express any opinion on th e evid ence be for e it . Tile Co urt i) onl y called upon to take note and rul e accor din g ly th a t th ere , i) be for.e th e · Court no le gally admissible evid ence I.inkin g th e acc u se d p erso n with th e comm iss ion of the offence charged . But if th ere is leg a I ly admissible evid ence , however sl igh t , the matter sh o u Id proceed as lh e re is so rm~tll i 11 g I' o loo k at ." The three prosecution witnesses apparently t es tifi ed in support of co unt 1 and led no evidence at afl to support the counts for armed robb e ry ; r ath e r they led ev idence on oath that the Pw2 an d Pw3 were a tt ac ked vi ciou sly with a pestle and a bottl e by the defend an ts only . l_t is th e refor e spec ul atio n· to have charged them with armed robbery when the attack may be for oth er reas ons , a court is allowed to speculate , see the case of MBAM v STATE (2016) LPELR 4O966(CA ). There was even no ev id ence th al Lh e1r prop t.•rtr cs w ere demanded before the vio l~nce w as unleash ed on th em . No t-! vid c nce w.i s c1h o led to support counts 2 to 4 as none of tho se mentioned in the charge as complainants were ca ll ed by the prosecution to t es tify before thi s court. Co u n ts 2 - 4 wer0 even olle geu t o ll c:r ve h<1pp c nL• d on .i d,fl (! r(•nl day ;ind th ere appear s t o be no connection l:>c twcen th e cou ,1l J c1 11 d co u nt ~ ) pro sec ut ion failed to lead any ev id ence in support of thi s chJ rgc at c1II . r h, s l~ tlw j l lll~ll l l'fl l til-ll\ l'l l'd l \ 11 l>i\ On; , f td l 111 1 .1/ IU /;;(()IH 4. TIi e I have

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