With respect to Count 2 as contained in Section 2 of the Advance
Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Decree No. 13 of 1995 the
prosecution must establish the following ingredients:
(a)
That the person represents himself as capable of
producing from a piece of paper or from any material any
currency note by –
(b)
Washing
(c)
Dipping
(d)
Treating the paper or material with or in a chemical
substance.
It is very clear from Exhibit B1 and B2 (the statements of the
Defendant) are consistent with the testimony of PW!1, PW2 and
PW3.
In Exhibit B1, the Defendant confessed that he was introduced to
the 419 business by one Chief Okan Law who is presently residing
in London. He further confessed that Chief Okan Law is a house
boy to one Oyibo man in London that he will send some money to
him and that he will invest in PW3’s business. PW3 then asked him
to bring the money. When he brought the money to PW3 she
found out that the money was fake. The Defendant explained to
her that he will call someone by name Hajiya S.A. Sanusi to help
them convert the fake money to real money.
The Defendant also confessed in Exhibit B2 that he operate in a
way that he will tell a customer that he does not know how to
clean the money and he will introduce his Madam that is Hajiya
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