Under cross - examination, she admitted that she did not identify any of the
robbers but her sister did . The robbers scaled the wall of the fence to gain entry
into the compound. There was, no electricity light that day. Two robbers entered
into their room and accosted her sister. Prior to the robbery incident, she did not
know any of the robbers but he:r sister knows one of them. She admittr d making a
Statement at the police and she identified her Statement She can read ~nd write in
English language. She admitted that all she knew about the robbers was what her
sister Chinenye (PWl) told her.
PW3
This witness gave her name as Chidera Cynthia Ileagu. In her evidence in chief,
she stated that after they closed from their shop locateq in the same building in
which they live, she was with PW2 in the sitting room. Four men scaled the wall
fence and came into the sitting room. One of them was armed. Two of them held
her and PW2 while the other two went to PWl. The men robbed them of their
money, phones and other items and left. PWI told her and PW2 that she saw the
faces of two of the men because she flashed her torch on them. That she
recognized the second person that came with the one with gun. The next day, PWl
lodged a complaint to the police. She (PW3 ) did not recognize any of the robbers.
She saw the face of one of them when he wanted to snatch her hand set from her.
The light from the hand set reflected on his face . She discovered that he has tribal
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marks with large eye balls. A few days later, the 1 defendant enquired about her
hand set. She told him about the robbery incident, that her phone was stolen. That
the I st defendant also enquired about the security men. She knows the I st defendant
before the robbef'J incident because he was always coming to the shop to buy
things. The robber with the large eyeballs was not caught but she came across him
later. He was driving a tricycle .
Under cross - examination, she admitted that the robbery incident took place in the
night and every ·where was dark. 'Nhen the robbers came into the apartment, they
ordered every body to lie face down on the floor until they concluded their
operation. She did not see the defendants but her sister saw them. She denied that
her sister was lying on the floor during the operation. The robbery took place on
the 19//5/16 but could not remember when she made her Statement to the police.
She had met the 1st defendant before she made her Statement to the police~ -
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