all jobless people to go back to their villages.· He _
stated that he wanted
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to cross to a nearby Filling Station and the people there said they are
the people police were arresting and the police arrested him and put him
with others and put them in their vehicle.
Owl further testified that they were carried to from Onitsha to
Awka and that he made statement at Awada Police Station and did not
make statement at SARS at Onitsha . He denied stealing from Pwl.
Under cross examination Owl testified that he was taken to both
Awada Police Station and SARS Onitsha and denied telling the police
what happened . He further testified that it was police that arrested him .
When asked what he was doing by 3 to 4 am that day of his arrest, the
Owl testified that he went to buy little thing to eat. He further testified
that he was with thP ? nd defendant very early that morning in the park
as people were running helter scelter and when he came to him and
they had a hand check. He said he told t he 2nd defendant that he had a
feeling of being arrested and told him that they should leave. He denied
seeing th~ driving licence . He also denied stealing firewood .
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On the 10 th November, 2015 the 2
defendant testified in hi~
defence as Ow2 . I-,i e said he is a mechanic by profession living at Eziora
Ozubulu . He denied knowing the complainant and denied being found
with the complainant's driving licence. The Ow2 admitted making
statement at Awada Police Station on 10/2/2015 and stated that he was
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taken to SARS at C. P. S Onitsha where he denied making statement. He
testified that he told the police that he was at Ozubulu on 8/2/2015
during his interrogation .
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