Signed
Hon. Justice Mohammed Mohammed
(Judge)
4/12/2023
Court resumed today 5/12/2023
Appearances:
M.B. Abubakar PSC for the prosecution.
Kamal O. Fagbemi Esq. for the 1st defendant with M.A. Lukman Esq.
M.L. Maidoki Esq. for the 2nd and 3rd defendants.
M.B. Abubakar PSC: The matter is for continuation of hearing. The
defendants speak Hausa language.
Court to Registrar: Affirm yourself and interpret the proceedings of this
court from English to Hausa and vice versa.
M.B. Abubakar PSC: Our PW4 is the Exhibit Keeper of State CID
Sokoto in person of ASP Ahmad Abubakar.
PW4 (after affirmation): My name is ASP Ahmad Abubakar. I live at
Sahara Area Sokoto and a Police Officer with CID Office
Sokoto as Exhibit Keeper in this case. I am AP No. 180197.
One of my duties are accepting and registering of items in
connection with criminal cases and tendering same before the
court if need arises. I know the defendants on the 13/12/2020
when I was in the office at CID Office Sokoto where one
Insp. Danjuma Giwa brought the defendants along with the
following items for registration which include 2 stones, 1 axe,
1 cutlass and 1 axe handle for registration in connection with
a case of Criminal Conspiracy and Homicide against the
defendant. I accepted and register them as follows: 2 stones
were marked as Exh. 125/A&A1/2020; 1 axe as Exh.
125/B/2020, 1 Cutlass as Exh. 125/C/2020, while the axe
handle as Exh. 125/D/2020. Since then I kept them in my
official custody till today when I was called to come and
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