Defendant also did the same thing to me, and
when they finished, they gave me N150.”
Confirming the commission of the Unnatural Offence against PW2 by
the two (2) Defendants, the 1st Defendant in his statement admitted as
Exhibits ‘A’ and ‘A1’ respectively stated as follows:“I could remember two weeks ago I came along
with one boy by name Ibrahim in the residence
house of Bello Altine at Makera Assada Area,
Sokoto. Because he promise to give me Five
Hundred Naira and he give me after I take the
boy to him. So he commit homosexual with the
boy, and after he finish, I too I do the same to
the boy.”
In further corroboration of the evidence of PW2, the 2nd Defendant in
his statement admitted as Exhibits ‘B’ and ‘B1’ respectively, stated
that after the 1st Defendant brought PW2 into his house, both of them
had carnal intercourse with him. He said:“Fodio Bello ‘M’ of Unguwar Makafi Area
Sokoto came along with one boy by name
Ibrahim in my residential house at Makera
Assada Area Sokoto. So from there my
colleague Fodio Bello start performing
homosexuality with the boy and later on, I do
the same to the boy.”
From the foregoing, when the evidence of PW2 is considered
alongside with the contents of Exhibits ‘A’, ‘A1’, ‘B’ and ‘B1’ which
are the Hausa and English translated versions of the 1st and 2nd
Defendants’ statements, one will find no difficulty in saying that
evidence has been led which clearly established that the Defendants
did actually and as a matter of fact, had carnal intercourse with PW2
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