Therefore, he was an Accomplice. He did not deny his involvement. It would have been a different case if he had denied his involvement because it means he had something to gain. According to him, he came clean. If he came clean, then he would have calculated the implications of his Confession and would have anticipated an Indictment and be charged along with his Boss. In any event, he still faced the Consequences as the EFCC made him to refund every Penny he took. Even though there is no apparent evidence of Bias, his Testimony would still be corroborated by other Direct or Circumstantial Evidence, whether Oral or Documentary, as the Case is being determined. As regards the alleged Contradiction In Evidence, it is trite as held PER His Lordship, BELGORE, J.S.C (P. 15, PARA A) in IKEMSON & ORS V. STATE (1989) LPELR-1473 (SC) that if there are contradictions in the evidence of the prosecution, and the contradictions go materially to the charge, doubt will be created and benefit of it must be given the accused person, in which case he will be discharged. Her Lordship, AUGIE, J.S.C (PP. 45-48, PARAS. D-B) in IKPA V. STATE (2017) LPELR-42590 (SC), held thus: “It is not every minor contradiction that matters and as held in the Case of KALU V. STATE (1988) 3 NSCC 1, for a Trial Judge to disbelieve a Witness, the Contradiction in his Evidence must be on a Material Point. The Law allows room for Minor Discrepancies in the Evidence of Witnesses, which may not be fatal to the Prosecution's Case. The Word "Contradiction" comes from two Latin words - contra meaning opposite, and dicere, which means to say. So, to contradict is to speak or affirm the contrary, and a piece of evidence is contradictory to another when it asserts or affirms the Opposite of what the other asserts; not necessarily when there are minor discrepancies in the details between them. As NNAEMEKA-AGU, JSC, SAID IN OGOALA V. STATE "Contradiction between two pieces of evidence goes rather to the essentiality of something being or not being at the same time 58

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