PW3 is the mother of the PW1 (the victim). She was told the incident and that was hearsay. She went with PW1 to the hospital and in company of the appellant. The witness was cross examined. PW4 is the Investigating Police Officer (IPO). He conveyed PW1 the victim, to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital where she was admitted. The appellant volunteered a statement which was recorded by the witness in English and translated same into Hausa language and the appellant agreed and signed. The statement was confessional wherein the appellant admitted having committed the offence of rape alleged. This was endorsed by a superior Police officer the person of CSP Yusuf Sani who also signed the statement. While Exhibit 'A' was the medical report, Exhibit 'B' was the appellant's confessional statement. The witness PW4 was also cross examined. PW5 is the Medical Doctor who examined PW1 and issued a report Exhibit 'A'. In his evidence this was what he said of Pw1's hymen "In this case it is incompletely broken which suggest partial penetration." It is also the witness's evidence that he saw a small discharge from the vagina of PW1 but found no organism or sperm cells; that the HIV test also proved negative. The witness was cross examined on his evidence.

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