the guilt of the accused. See CHIANUGO v STATE (2002) 2 NWLR (Pt 750) 225. It is also trite that the standard of proof in a criminal trial is proof beyond reasonable doubt; this means that it is not enough for the prosecution to suspect a person of having committed a criminal offence. There must be evidence, which identified the person accused with the offence and that it was his act, which caused the offence. See AIGBADION v STATE (2000) 4 SC (Pt 1) 1 at 15. Now, the PW1 Mr. David Dauda, the IPO in his evidence-in-chief stated that on the 9/5/14, a complainant by name Peter Nnaemeka (PW2) and one Suleman Saddiq came to the police headquarters and alleged that on the 9/5/14 that the accused person was caught having sexual intercourse with his biological daughter (PW3) inside their living room at Ado Dutse, Abuja and when he requested from the complainant to know how they came about the accused having sexual intercourse with his daughter, the PW2 informed him that one of the accused person’s son (DW3) was about to enter the room when he discovered that the door was locked from the inside and he knocked but they could not open the door until after sometimes. Mr. Peter Nnaemeka who was one of the complainant, in his evidence-in-chief, as PW2 stated that they were informed about the accused daughter’s complaint of indecency. Under cross-examination of PW2, he stated thus: “My wife didn’t tell me that she saw the accused having sexual intercourse with his daughter. I didn’t see the accused sleeping with his daughter”... “It is the people living 21

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