Mustapha Danjuma Esq: The defendants are in your custody for about 2
years.
PW2:
Due to the nature of an investigation it takes time for us to
arraign such serious crime because it involves so many
suspects.
Mustapha Danjuma Esq: Did you recover anything from the defendants
in the cause of your investigation?
PW2:
Yes because in the course of investigation we recover a
Techno mobile phone with a Sim Card which was used in
demanding ransom.
Mustapha Danjuma Esq: Was the number on the complaint the same
with the number you recovered from the defendant?
PW2:
Yes and I did not visited the scenes of crime.
Mustapha Danjuma Esq: That is all for this witness.
Court:
Re-examination.
O.B. Akusanya Esq: No any re-examination.
Court:
The witness is hereby discharged.
O.B. Akusanya Esq: Our PW3 is Inspector Jacob Afolayan. He will
testify in English language.
PW3 (after affirmation): My name is Inspector Jacob Afolayan and I live
at Kaduna. I am a Police Officer and I am AP No. 279470
attached to Intelligence Response Team Force Headquarters
Abuja. In October 2020 I was at Intelligence Response Team
attached to Kaduna Annex. I know the defendants and I
come to know them based on a complaint written to Deputy
Commissioner of Police in charge of the Intelligence
Response Team from American Embassy about an American
national by name Mr. Phillip Nathan who was kidnapped in
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