judgment over a contempt charge. The amount was later
negotiated to the sum of N50,000.00K marked Naira
notes to give to the Accused and that he (PW2)
alongside the PW1 went to the Accused residence where
after a brief discussion he gave the accused the
N50,000.00K and the accused collected and saw them
off. Thereafter the ICPC officials accosted them,
searched the house and the N50, 000.00K was found on
the floor behind a sofa chair in the Accused house.
PW3 also gave evidence for the prosecution on oath,
he is by name Umar Baba, he stated that he was the
leader of the team of investigations that
investigated the complaint against the accused. He
testified as to how they (investigators) placed
themselves in vantage positions by the Accused
person’s house and upon receiving the pre-arranged
signal that the accused had collected the
N50, 000.00K. His team accosted them asked everybody
to go back into the house upon which a search warrant
was endorsed and about to be executed when the
accused docked behind a sofa in the sitting room and
was frantically trying to hide something. PW3 further
stated that the accused was asked to bring out what
he was trying to hide and he did. It was discovered
to be the N50,000.00K which accused had earlier
collected from PW2. The said N50,000.00K was counted
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