. As can be 5een above, for the prosecution to succeed, he/she must prove all the essential ingredients of the offence as contained in the charge . The defendants in this case are charged of the offence of conspira.cy and armed robbery. In EKE V. STATE (2011) 3 NWLR 589 the Supreme Court per Fabiyi J.S.C stated the ingredients of the offence of 1 r armed robbery thus : "The essential ingredients of the offence of armed robber½ as listed in the case of BELLO V. STA TE (2007) 10 NWLR (pt 1043) 564 are as follows: (a) That there was a robbery or series of robbery. (b) That each of the robbery was an armed robbery. ,, (c) That the accused was one of those who robbed/~ See further the decisions in BOZIN V. THE ST;• ;-r (1995) 2 NWLR (pt 8) 465, ALABI V. THE STATE (1993) 7 NWLR (pt 307) 511 at 523 and AFOLALU V. STATE (2010) 16 NWLR (pt 1220) 584 SC. With Tespect to the offence of Conspiracy the Supreme Court has this to say in tbe case of THE STATE V. OLASHEHU SALAWU (2011) LPELR - 8252 (SC) per Muhammed J. 5. C: "In order to establish that conspiracy has been committed by.some set or group of persons suspected to ha~y committed a crime/crimes/ the law requires the ,J prosecution to prove that: (a) An agreement between two or more persons to do or cause to be dome, some illegal act or some act which is not illegal but by illegal means. 8