alleged confessional statement of the 1st defendan_t tendered as Exhibit
st
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G the said 1 defendant is alleged to have stated that:
"On 8/02/2015 being Sunday at about 21.00 hrs I and
five other boys by name Micheal Ifenetu 'M; Aka Mazt
Aka Azonto/ Aka Small and Aka Kwansia ------ used
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wood design like gun and used robber to round it to
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look like real gun and robbed people at Upper Iweka
In the pol ice investigation report tendered as Exhibit Fat page 4 it
shows that Chubuike Nwaogwu known as Azonto stated that he was at
Aba in Abia State on that 08/02/2015, Arinze Amaro was also
interrogated and he denied with Chukwujekwu Ezeh . At page 5 of the
report the pol ;: ~ r:tated thus : .
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The two suspects led the investigating team to
the new park market at Owerri/Onitsha · where
Chubuike Uwaogu m/ Arinze Amaro m/ and
Chukwujekwu Eze ''aka // Azonto were arrested.
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That both Chibwke Uwaogwu m/ Arinze Amaro m
and Chukwujekwu Eze m denied knowledge of
the crime.
4.9
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That there was no sufficient evidence to link
Chubuike Uwaogwu "m'; Arinze Amaro "m and
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Chukwujekwu Eze with the crime.
The above finding of the police no doubt seems to rob the alleged
confessional statement of the 1st defendant with credence as to the
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