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
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