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 Page 10 of 31

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