shop to buy sticks of cigarettes and tom - tom. The defe ndants were not wearing
face masks on the day of the incident. She equally saw the 2 nd de fendant on the
night of the incident but she had never seen him before rhat day.
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After the I defendant was arrested and detained , she was ca ll ed by the pol ice to
come to their station. She went and identified the 2nd defendant as dne of the men
who robbed her. That it was the I st defendant that informed the p~lice about the
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involvement of the 2 defendant in the robbery . The other two members of the
gang were not caught by the police . She does not know thr'l11 .
Under cross - examination, PWI stated that she did not know the full names of the
st
I defendant before the robbery incident. She admitted telling the police the I st
defendant ' s name. She claimed that she made enquiry about the I st defendant and
someone told her his name. The person that told her the l st defendant ' s name was
r.ot at the scene of the robbery but that person was the l st defendant ' s acquaintance.
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She did not see the l defendant on the day she reported the robbery incident to the
police. She admitted that she reported the robbery incident to the police before she
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was told the I defendant ' s name . She admitted that on the day of the incident, it
was dark and there was no electricity light. On that day she identified only two of
the armed robbers . She identified the l st defendant because of the torch light he had
put on. The light from the torch refl ected on his face . She flashed her own torch
light at the robbers before the 2 nd defendant snatched it from her. That was when
she saw the 2 nd defendant ' s face . She maintained her evidence that the 2 nd
defendant pointed the gun at her H.nd kicked her. That he had a pistol but she did
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nnt know the colour of the pistol. She did not give the 1 defendant money, but the
2 nd defendant was collecting money and other items from her. That nobody opened
the compound ' s gate. The robbers scaled the wall fence into the compound. The
robbers attacked her rrt her shop. ~,he admitted that none of the items and money
that were stolen was recovered from the robbers . She admitted that she did not
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know the 2 nd defendant prior to the robbery incident. That she saw the 2
defendant on the robbery incident because of the light from the torch light. She
stated that she told the police that she knows the defendants . That she told the
nd
police the I st defendant' s name but she did not know the 2 defendant ' s name. She
did not describe the 2 nd defendant to the police because she could not identify him.
That it was the 1st defendant that informed the police about the involvement of the
2
nd
defendant. She does not know one Vincent Okafor. She does not know ~
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