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He explained that record of monies handed
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of the cooperative- None
Defendant are contained in the account books
money from members and paid
of these persons who allegedly collected
samq to the Defendant was
called- The books of account of thg
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the '
witr
account
the
of
statement
the
and
tendered
not
cooperative were
was not tendered.
bank to show the frnancial standing of the cooperative
money to the
persons, except for the one who died, who handed
zzled are material
Defendant he is alleged to have stolen or embe
described as
In fact, I think these persons are more accurately
witnesses.
this
the couri to resolve
vitar wifiresses as their evidence could assist
carl any of them is fatal to the
matter one way or the other and failure to
(SC) 52case of the prosecution. See Lase vs state QLL7)LPELR
(SC) 7-8.
53; Amadi Vs A G. Imo State (2017) LPELR
i
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which the prosecution oughl to
the cooperative are material documents
so leaves a tingering
have tEndered slld thet their failure to do
paid to tlre Defendarrt'
uncertainty about tJre amount of money allegedly
prove any
It is therefore my view, that the evidence of PWl did not
m0n0y wes paid to ttrs Defendant 0r
if
any m0ney was paid to him, the
amount
paid. The effect, too, is that the prosecution did not Pfve
through
pwl
been stolen
any money of the cooperative that could have
by the Defendant
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