(a) Conspire with, aids, abets or counsels any other person to commit an offence; or (b) Attempts to commit or is an accessory to an act or offence, or (c) Incites, procures or induces any other person by any means whatsoever to commit an offence, under this Act, commit the offence and is liable on conviction to the same punishment as is prescribed for that offence under this Act.” Now for the prosecution to succeed in establishing the offence of Conspiracy under Section 8 (a) of the Act, “it is settled law that the essential ingredient of the offence of Conspiracy lies in the bare agreement and association to carry out an unlawful act, which is contrary to or forbidden by law, whether that act be criminal or not and of course whether or not the accused persons had knowledge of its unlawfulness.” See ADESINA KAYODE V THE STATE, (2016) LPELR 40028 (SC), IKECHUKWU OKON V THE STATE, (2014), CLARK V STATE, (1986) 4 NWLR (pt 35) page 381. In other words, the ingredients of Conspiracy that require to be established against the Defendants beyond reasonable doubt, to put it simply: (1) That there was an agreement between two or more persons; (2) That the agreement was to do or cause to do an illegal act; or (3) To do a legal act by illegal means. Further, I want to state also that in proving the offence of conspiracy, evidence admissible against one conspirator is also admissible against the others once the offence of Conspiracy is proved. See JOSEPH OLANREWAJU V THE STATE, (2014) 24

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