In addition to the above three confessional statements of the Defendant (Exhibits PW2A, PW3A and PW3B), the Prosecution also tendered Exhibits PW3C and PW3D, which are the Statements of Accounts of PW1, Dozie Ogbonna at Guaranty Trust Bank PLC and Ecobank, all showing the various withdrawals made by Dozie Ogbonna Defendant. With regard to the first count of the charge of criminal conspiracy, it is trite law that to establish the offence of criminal conspiracy, the Prosecution must establish beyond reasonable doubt the following: (i) an agreement between two or more persons to do or cause to be done an illegal act or a legal act by illegal means; (ii) that each of the Defendants charged with the offence of conspiracy participated in the agreement. See: YAKUBU v STATE (2014) LPELR-22401(SC), per Kekere-Ekun, JSC at page 12, paras. E – G; and OKOH v STATE (2014) LPELR-22589(SC), per Kekere-Ekun, JSC at pages 24 – 25, paras. E – B. From the above evidence led by the Prosecution, the Defendant had in the confessional statements he made at the DSS and EFCC in Exhibits PW2A, PW3A and PW3B clearly stated that he was a member of a 419 gang. In Exhibit PW2A, 25

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