Fahad and got hold of the 3rd Defendant
and in the process, the 3rd Defendant
inflicted matchet cut on my right shoulder
with a cutlass. When the 2nd Defendant
realized we have overpowered them, he
requested the remaining 2 to leave, and in
the process of leaving, Fahad succeeded in
inflicting injury on the 1st Defendant.”
The evidence in chief of the 1st Defendant as DW1, substantially
confirmed or corroborated the evidence of PW4 quoted above.
Under cross examination, the 1st Defendant as DW1 confirmed their
visit at Sama Road where the incident happened and the injury he
sustained where he testified as follows:“…even where we stopped to buy soya
beans, we are on a motorcycle. The 3rd
Defendant was in the middle while the 2nd
Defendant was the one driving the
motorcycle. It was 2nd and 3rd Defendants
that took me to hospital.”
Furthermore, under cross examination, PW3 one Inspector Rabiu
Garba testified before this court that it was the 1st Defendant who after
he was arrested at Specialist Hospital Sokoto while receiving treatment
from the injury he sustained during the incident, that acted as a pointer
to the Investigating Police Officers of his co-accused persons which led
to the arrest of the 2nd and 3rd Defendants.
In the light of the forgoing case laws authorities coupled with the
foregoing pieces of evidence against the 3 Defendants with respect to
the offence of Criminal Conspiracy, evidence of some community
efforts on the part of all the 3 Defendants aimed at committing a crime
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