2. Whether the statement were confessional statements that will warrant the court to convict the Defendant without any corroborative evidence. It is a laid down principle that in criminal matter, the standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt which does not mean beyond all shadow of doubt. See UDO v STATE (2006) All FWLR (Pt 337) 456 at 457. It is in evidence that the nominal complainant (PW3) alleged that sometime in April 2006, the Defendant came to her house and presented himself to be a NEPA staff to check her meter reading. At a later date the Defendant came to her house and informed her that he had money to invest in her business. The Defendant claimed to have gotten the money from a box out of the several containing pound sterling belonging to the Managing Director of NEPA now PHCN which was usually conveyed to the Managing Director to Jebba Station. She further testified that the Defendant demanded for N120,000.00 from her to use in transporting the boxes to Abuja; but she refuse to give him and played along with him up to the point he brought the boxes. She added that when the box was opened she discovered that it was fake pound sterling and a bottle containing chemical. She further stated that the box was kept in her house and Mr. Jimoh asked for money to take to the people that will print the money. 11