absence of an apparent agreement, evidence of some community
efforts on the part of all the Defendants aimed at committing a crime
and once either of these two (2) is established, before the trial court, it
will be safe to convict for the offence of Criminal Conspiracy.
- Salami V. State (2010) 12 NCC 1.
- Obiakor V. State (2002) 10 NWLR pt 776 p 612.
- Patrick Njovens V. State (1973) 5 SC 17 at 263-264.
In the case of Abacha V. State (2002) 11 NWLR pt 779 p 437 at 523,
the Supreme Court per Oni JSC has held that the best evidence of
Conspiracy is usually obtained from one of the conspirators or fro
inferences. Putting it more aptly, the Supreme Court in the celebrated
case of Patrick Njovens V. State (Supra) at page 263-264 stated the
logical sense of the law in the following words:“When it is proposed to give evidence of the
happenings inside hell, it is only a matter of
common sense to call one of the inmates of that
place, or one whose business is carried out in
reasonable propinquity to hell, and it must be
surprising indeed to find even a lone angel fit
and qualified for the assignment. Indeed it
would be preposterous to look for such evidence
in other directions.”
In his evidence before this court, PW2 one Ibrahim Dahiru who is also
the victim of the crime, testified as follows:“There was a day when I was playing in front
of my father’s house, the 1st Defendant saw me
and called me and later sent me to buy Omo for
him which I did and also brought back along
with the Omo his balance of N25 which I gave
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