" W~o I am, my occupation and how I got to know the members of Jleagu ' s family . I told the men of SARS that I hail from the same town with the Ileagu family and that I am not an armed robber. My Investigation P~Iice Officer (IPO) at SARS wrote what I told him after which he demanded that I should sign. I signed the statement that was recorded" . He identified his extra judicial statement at SARS which was shown to him by his counsel. The statement was tendered, admitted in evidence and marked as exhibit "D l " without an objection . Let me also reproduce that statement here : "That I am a native of the abc,ve mentioned address . That I was born in the family of late Mr. Ikechukwu Okeke " m" and Late Mrs . Magret Nkem Okeke " f '. That I attended our Ladies (sic) primary school , Nkpor Unu (sic). Thereafter I proceeded to G.T.C . Onitsha were (sic) I had my O'level certificate in the year 2013 . That after my school certificate, I learn on (sic) how to re - wiring of coi I (s ic) . That after my graduation, I could not raise money for my shop so I went into security/watchman till date. That I know Chinen ye Ileagu " f '. I do go to her shop to buy things like cigarette etc . That truly I told police that I am the person who robbed Chinenye Ileagu. That I did not do so I only said so when my brother Ejike Okeke denied a bag that was recovered from our room . So it is because of it I agreed but truly I am not the person that robbed them . That the said Chijioke I mentioned is not an armed robber he is my tenant. I called him so that he will help and raise some money for me . That the reason I called Ifeanyi Okafor as my gang member is because I called his father Vincent Okafor to help me . He now go at my back (sic) to the complainant to tell them to hold my well (sic) that I am an armed robber. I never ro b (sic) before even police went for searching in my house. They did not recover any items (sic) the complainant alleged that was stolen. That truly if I did such thing or commit the offence, I would have confessed since. That I don't have any body I am an orphan". st I an1 of the firm view that by the foregoing extra judicial statement, the 1 defendant impliedly acknowledged his confessional statement as expressed in --~-~ ----- exhibit " Pl ". In other words, he admi tted in exhibit DI telling the police in exhibit 22 ::o>

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