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CHIDI NWAOMA UWA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appeal is against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Yola delivered on 26/9/19 by B.B. Aliyu, JCA (by Fiat of the President of the Court of Appeal Pursuant to Section 396(7) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015) in which the Appellant and the 2nd Respondent were convicted of the offences of conspiracy and stealing contrary to Sections 383 and 518 (6) of the Criminal Code Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 respectively. The Appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and three years respectively, sentences to run concurrently. The appellant who was dissatisfied with the judgment appealed to this Court.
​On the part of the Appellant, the background facts are that the Appellant is a private legal practitioner while the 2nd Respondent is a legal practitioner under the employment of the Judicial Service Commission of Adamawa State. It was made out that the Appellant in his capacity as a l…