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.” the the and the 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”. the the and the 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); 5

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