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,(b) That the person so impersonated iby the defendant may be
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Iiving or dead
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That the impersonation,or misrepresentation af identity was
with a view to obtaining property or an interest in the
property.
Mr. Jiirbo argued that ,il;;U-ecution called PWt in proof of the
elements of the charge and that there are different pictures of Henry
Kingsley .who ,' the Defendant pretended',fo' be", and as such
impersonating the identity of Henry Kingsiey to demand for the sum
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of '185 USD from air unsuspecting woman abroad. That
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dant confirmed the printout by endorsing that they were printed
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lris lphone 6, signed and dated all of thenr. Iie rcfori'ed
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to the Statements of the Defendant and argued that on the
of the confessional statements of the Delendaut,
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th9 ntrb4e from w-hich ',,thg , documents: were printed, that the
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also his submission that the defendant's conlbssionai
statements and the print out were admitted in evidence witliout an
obiection together with the Iphone 6. Tliat
confession
a hec ancl voluntar;i
by a person if direct and positive duly macle ancl
satisfactorily proved is sufficient to grounct a conviction. Relied on
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'NWLR (Pt.' 734\ 666;
, ,EMEKA 'v., T,HE STATB, (2001) 14
N\ryACHUKWU v. THE STATE Q002) 12 NWLR (Pt. TBZ!'
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