arrested with. PW II further stated that he told the Defendant the allegation against him and asked him his own side of the story and he told him what transpired between him and Basirat Naibi uptill his arrest. After telling him his own side of the story he asked him to put it into writing. He cautioned the defendant and he signed and asked him to writ the statement for him. PW2 stated that the Defendant made 2 statements; the said statements were admitted in evidence as Exhibits B1 and B2 respectively. Exhibit B2 was an additional statement on the content of the silver light box i.e. Exhibit A. He asked the Defendant to open the box and bring out the contents and he complied. In the box therein was fake pound sterling 148 wraps in Fifty Pound denomination, one plastic like bottle containing Plain water. PW II was equally not cross-examined by the Defence Counsel and was subsequently discharged. It is instructive to state here that the case was at the stage of trial-within-trial when the Defendant jumped bail and the prosecution were unable to re-arrest him since then. The Defendant appeared last in this court on 27/11/08. Learned counsel to the prosecution apply to continue with the matter under Section 352(4) of ACJA; same was granted on the 10/4/17. PW III is one Otumba Basirat Naibi. In her evidence-in-chief she stated that in May 2006 Mr. Jimoh came to her house to inspect 4

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