He went into his house and while they were eating with his wife, his landlord’s wife came in with 5 other women and asked as to what happened between him and his daughter and he replied that nothing happened. At that stage, Mama Favour carried the food he was eating. When he wanted to go out Mama Precious blocked the door and slapped him, the 4 other women joined her and started beating him and were shouting that he raped his daughter. On Monday 12/5/2014 at about 8:30 a.m. policemen came with their vehicle and they took him to Police Command, Abuja where he was remanded in the SARS cell. The accused person stated that he did not sleep with his daughter on 9/5/14; he did also not lock the door of his house on that day as he went about his motor-cycle business. The accused person also stated that it is not true that she used to have sex with his daughter 2 or 3 times in a week. He did not take his daughter to the Cashew garden to have sex with her. Under cross-examination, DW4 stated that he has 7 children, 5 of them are with him and 2 are in the village. He also stated that there is no cashew garden at Dutse Apo. DW4 stated that if anybody have sexual intercourse with Emmanuella, he will take legal action against the person; that he foresee a better future for Emmauella. No re-examination, the DW4 was accordingly discharged and that is the case for the defence. 14

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