one Nasiru Bello ‘M’ of his Daylong Motorcycle and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 287(2) (a) of the Sokoto State Penal Code law, 2019.” After the plea of not guilty of the Defendants, in its efforts to prove its case, the prosecution called three (3) witnesses and tendered four (4) exhibits marked as Exhibits A, A1, B and C respectively with the statements of the Defendants having because their admissibility will be determined in the course of this judgment if this Court is satisfied that the statements were in fact made by the Defendants voluntarily. Exhibits “A” and “A1” are the 2 cutlasses tendered through PW1 in person of inspector Abdul Umar. Exhibits ‘B’ is the bond to produce exhibit evidence that the Daylong Motorcycle which is the subjected robbery in the case has been released to the victim of crime one Nasiru Bello and who testified as PW2. Exhibit ‘C’ is the statement of one Sgt. Rabiu Saidu admitted in evidence without objection pursuant to Section 49 of the Evidence Act, 2011. After the close of the prosecution’s case, the defence open their defence and called two (2) witnesses and thereafter close their case. The Defendants were the only witness who testified in their defence and tender no exhibit. After the close of the case of the Defendants, the case was adjourned for counsel to adopt their respective written addresses. The defence counsel in his adopted written addresses formulated three (3) issues for determination at paragraph 3.1.1 of the defence counsel’s adopted written address and are hereby reproduced below as follow:Page 3 of 22

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