In his final written address, Mr. Earnest Olenyi Esq, the Counsel
to the 4th and 5th Defendants formulated the sole issue for
determination to be as follows;
“Whether the prosecution has discharged the burden of
proof required of them in the case.”
For her part, learned Prosecution Counsel Fatsuma Mohammed
appearing with Yetunde Alabi Esq formulated the issue for
determination thus:“Whether from the quantum of evidence adduced by
Prosecution, it could be said that it has discharged
burden on it by proving the offences of conspiracy
obtaining money by false pretences for which
Defendants are charged beyond reasonable doubt.”
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Then having perused the issues distilled for determination by the
Counsel to the respective parties I shall adopt the issue
formulated by the Prosecution as it is apt and it will help to
resolve the contending issues raised by Counsel in their various
addresses. I therefore hereunder reproduce once again the issue
as set out by the learned prosecuting Counsel:“Whether from the quantum of evidence adduced by
Prosecution, it could be said that it has discharged
burden on it by proving the offences of conspiracy
obtaining money by false pretences for which
Defendants are charged beyond reasonable doubt”.
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Now the offences for which the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Defendants
were charged before this Court read as follows (as per the
Amended Charge dated 15th September,2014);
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