Yakubu Sani Esq: The Defendants are before the court and speak
Hausa language.
Court to Registrar: Affirm yourself to interpret from English to Hausa
and vice versa.
Yakubu Sani Esq: The matter has been adjourned to today for
continuation of hearing. We are ready as we have 3
witnesses before the court.
L.O. Akangbe Esq: We are ready.
Court:
Proceed.
Yakubu Sani Esq: Our PW4 is Babangida Aliyu. He is an adult and
will testify in Hausa language. We apply that the
witness be called into the witness box.
Court:
Application granted.
Court to Registrar: Affirm the witness while the remaining witnesses
be out of court.
PW4 (After affirmation): My name is Babangida Aliyu. I am 30 years.
I live at Sama Road Sokoto and I am a tailor. On
20/12/2018 at about 2240 hours it was in the night,
we were sitting with our mother Fatima Umar at
Sama Road Sokoto, charting, when the 3 Defendants
arrived on a motorcycle and at that time we were
about 4 of us. Myself, Mas’ud, Fahad and Anas. At
that time the 1st Defendant (pointed him) was sitting
at the back of the motorcycle, the 3rd Defendant
(pointed him) was at the middle while the 2nd
Defendant (pointed him) was the one driving the
motorcycle. The 1st Defendant was the one who
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