1· . . ~pre 1m1nary investi f . robbers is at large arid he was 1· . . ga ion of the case. That one of th . iv1ng in the same · 11 . e is not a tenant of the '·1st defendant. v1 age. with the defendants but he a perfect and thorough DWI REVIEW OF DEFENCE CASE. (\ I He is the 1 st d fi d e en ant. In his evidence in chief h . . d . . . complainant (PW 1) . ' e a mitted knowmg the was at St J d ' A as~ native of Enugwu Ukwu. He stated that on the 30/5/16, he · ~ e s nghcan Church Adazi - Ani. His brother called him on phone an d as k ed him to come h t • . . ome o supervise the building of his work. That he went home as reque sted. He saw the progress of the building. He went out to the main road to h h" · · · . pu_rc ase so~et 1ng. He was accosted and arrested by the police. At the poh~e station, the police asked hirrt whether he knows Ileagu family; to which he a~mitted kn~wing because the said family belong to the neighboring village from his . The police also asked him his occupation and about the robbery that took place at Ileagu's family compound. That he told the police that he came to the town that day and did not know about the incident. That the poiiceman wrote his extra judicial Statement and asked him to sign. That he demanded to know the content of the Statement. That the content of the extra judicial statement written by the police officer ·was that he was one of the persons that participated in the robbery incident at Ileagu' s compound. He then told the police that he did not say so despite his protest, the police officer demanded that he should sign the statement. When he refused to sign the statement, the police officer slapped him. Thereafter, he was detained in a cell. Two days later, the police officer came to him and demanded that he should sign the statement in order to facilitate his release on bail. That he then signed the Statement. He was returned to the cell and was subsequently transferred to Special Anti - Robbery Squad Awkuzu where he was interr~gate_d severely, tortured and asked to say what happened . He told the S~S police his occupation, town and how he got to know the complainant's family. That he denied being an armed robber and the investigation police officer recorded all ~e said and demanded that he sign it. He did . He i~entified the St aternent _a~d counsel tendered sar.1e as an exhibii:. It was received and marked ~s exh1bb1t Dh _. nd d c: d t horn he claimed to e 1s ,'---' The I" defendant admitted knowing the 2 e,en an w ht ~ilft:~ - 8 J