18 i'' Defendant. .. to the '' He explained that record of monies handed . i : ,, :, :il 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 '. 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 ; 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 - il ," f.,". **+*,Si y-:t, :

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