REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE OF THE PROSECUTION WITNESSES. PWl This witness gave her name as Chinenye Ileagu. In her evidence in chief, she narrated the events that happened[ on the 19/5/16. According to her, a~er the close of her business on that day, she went back to the apartment she occuBies with her sisters. They are living in the same compound where her ~hop is located. She stated that between 10:30pm and 11 :00pm, four men scaled the w~ll of their fence and jumped into their compound. She identified two of the men as the defendants in the instant case. One of the defendants was armed and he ordered her and her sisters to lie face down on the floor. She identified the 2 nd defendant as the person that pointed the gun at her. She was ordered to bring all the money she realized from her sales and those she kept in the house. She obeyed and brought the sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira (NI 00,000 :00) from her room. The 2 nd defendant insisted for more. She took her hand bag hanging on the wall and brought out the sum of Forty Five Thousand Naira (N4.5 ,000 :00) therein and gave it to him. The 2nd defendant continued to insist on more money. She fetched the sum of Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira (N280,000:00) from a carton where she hid it and gave same to the 2 nd defendant. Yet the 2 nd defendant persisted for more nioney. She told him that no more money was left in ,the room. The defendants then marched her to her shop. The defendants took ~ight singlets, perfumes, recharge cards and drank the beverages she stored in lier refrigerator, after the robbery episodes, the defendants scaled the wall fence and jumped out of the compound making good their escape. In the following morning, being 20/5/16, she reported the incident to the police at the Police station, Abagana. After lodging her robbery complaint, the police told her to cal! them on phone whenever she saw the armed robbers. Ten days after the robbery incident, the 1st defendant came to her shop to enquire about her business. She recognized him as one of those that robbed her. She placed a call to the police and policemen came after about twenty minutes and arrested the 1st defendant. She identified the 1st defendant because the anned robbers came with torch lights which were on when they were searching for money. The ·1ight from the torchlight reflected on the 1st defendant's face and she took notice of him. She had known the I" defendant before the robbery incident because he was always coming to t 2 ' - · ,..I

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