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The prosecution tendered Exhibit
"A",the
agreement between the
Defendant and the Cooperative and Exhibit "C",the Defendant's extra-
judicial statement to the EFCC. In Exhibit "A" the Defendant admitted
that as treasurer of the Cooperative he was unable to account for the sum
of #2,665,000 which he under took to repay to the Cc.operative. In
"c",he admitted that he deeped his hands into the money of the
Cooperative to the tune of #2,665,000 which he invested in oil,business
Exhibit
in respect of which he was duped and he asked for time to pay back the
money. Clearly the Defendant admified that he could not account for
#2,665,000 in Exhibit 36A" and confessed converting that sum to his
personal use in Exhibit
"C"
"C".
The combined effect of Exhibits *A" and
is that the Defendant confessed to stealing the sum of #2,G65,000
(fwo million, six hundred and sixty five naira) belonging to members
of
the Cooperative.
The law rogardr r oonfculonal ptatement ar f.he bErt proof of what
a Defendant had done. see Asimi vs State (2016) LPELR (sc) ro
where Rhodes-Yivour, JSC stated succinctly:
"A confession is an admission made at any time by a persor
charged with a crime, stating or suggesting the inference that
'
he committed the
crime. A confessional
statement is thus
that best evidence that the accused person committed the
offence for which he is charged; A direct acknouledgement
of guilt should be regarded as a confession:'.
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