Jamilu: Having the defendant pleaded not guilty the prosecution intend to call 6 witnesses out of which 2 are presently in Court and ready to proceed. Adeola: In view of the nature of the offence charge and having regard to the fact that the prosecution already has witnesses in Court I hereby apply for an order of accelerated hearing and urge the Court to permit the prosecution to open his case. Court: Leave grated. PW1 called and Court cleared. PW1: Male, Adult, Muslim, affirmed and states as follows in English. My name is Insp. Musa Abdullahi Tyson with number 191301. I am a Police Officer attached with the State C.I.D. I have been with SCID for more than 2 years. Yes I can recall the defendant’s face. His face came into picture on a case that was transferred to SCID in May 2020 by Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) I cannot recall the division of NSCDC but is within the Metro. That on the 18th May, 2020 the defendant had a misunderstanding with Abubakar (now deceased). Though they were separated along the line and a few days later his corpse was discovered in a bush along Usmanu Danfodiyo University where the defendant was accused to have been the perpetrator of the offence. The statement of the defendant was voluntarily recorded under word of caution in Hausa Language and later translated it into English Language. The statement was read out to the defendant and after comprehension 3