No re-examination, PW5 was discharged and that is the cash for
the prosecution.
In defence of this case, the accused person called four witnesses.
Mr. Sylvester Enangotan testified as DW1.
In his evidence-in-chief, he stated that he lived with Emmanuella
as neighbour at Abini Village, Cross Rivers State; that Emmauella’s
mother was always accusing her of stealing her money, as a result
her mother drove Emmanuella away. Then the senior brother to
the accused person took Emmanuella to his house.
DW1 further stated that the Chief of the Village sent a letter to the
accused person to come and take his daughter because the life
she was having was bad. The accused person later came and
took the girl to Abuja.
The DW1 stated that he knows the life of Emmanuella which is very
bad i.e. following boys and men in the community.
Under cross-examination, the DW1 stated that he lived with the
accused person at Abini for more than 20 years.
The DW1 also stated that he know what happened in respect of
this case3; that he was told about this case by some people living
in Abuja.
No re-examination, DW1 was discharged.
The DW2 is Comfort Bam Eko, the wife of the accused person. In
her evidence-in-chief, she stated that she is a trader and that she
do go to market by 6:00 a.m. and return sometimes 2 O’clock.
The DW2 stated that on 9/5/2014 she went to market by 6:00 a.m.
and came back about 2:00 p.m. and her house was normal. She
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