UNITED DOMINIONS CORPORATION (NIG.) LTD. V. A. O. OLADIPO
August 28, 2025LEGAL PRACTITIONERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL V. IDOWU
August 28, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1971) Legalpedia (SC) 11181
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
HOLDEN AT LAGOS
Thu Feb 18, 1971
Suit Number: S.C. 324/1970
CORAM
MAIIMUDE MOHAMMED, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
C.E.NWOSU-IHEME JCA
JUSTICE CHARLES EFANGA ARCHIBONG JUDGE.
PARTIES
OYEWUNMI ADEDEJI APPELLANTS
THE STATE RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant was charged with murder and put up the defense of an alibi which the prosecution had a duty to disprove.
HELD
The court held that once an accused gives evidence establishing alibi, onus shifts on prosecution to disprove such evidence.
ISSUES
Whether an accused that has put forward the defense of an alibi and gives evidence to establish it has any further duty to satisfy the court on such evidence.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
R. V. JOHNSON (1961) I WLR 1478|YANOR V THE STATE (1965) NMLR 337
STATUTES REFERRED TO
None|
