(iv) To either an officer of the commission or to any other public officer; (v) In the course of the exercise by such public officer of the duties of his office. The question now is whether from the testimonies or evidence adduced by the prosecution witnesses, the prosecution has proved the above ingredients against the Defendants in counts 1 and 3 beyond reasonable doubt? Firstly, before I evaluate the evidence adduced by the prosecution in prove of counts 1 and 3 against the Defendants and the evidence of the defence as well, I want to categorically make it clear that to secure a conviction of any Defendant or before the conviction can take place, the Court of Appeal in the case of AMINU ADAMU V THE STATE, (2016) LPELR 41174, Kaduna Judicial Division held. “The commission of an offence by an accused person can be proved or established by either of the following:(a) The confessional statement of the Accused persons; or (b) Circumstantial evidence; or (c) Evidence of eye witnesses of the crime. 31