AREMU VS INSPECTOR- GENERAL OF POLICE
September 3, 2025MEME VS MEME
September 3, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1965-06) Legalpedia 04448 (SC)
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Holden At Abuja
Fri Jun 25, 1965
Suit Number: SC 300/1964
CORAM
BAIRAMIAN CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ONYEAMA JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
AJEGBO JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
IBOKO & ORS.
APPELLANTS
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
CRIMINAL LAW- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE- APPEAL
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant filed an appeal on the grounds that the magistrate’s judgment is:-“Altogether unwarranted, unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the weight of evidence.”
HELD
The court dismissed the appeal.
ISSUES
Whether a criminal appeal can be predicated on a ground challenging the weight of evidence
RATIONES DECIDENDI
PROPER APPROACH TO FRAMING OMNIBUS GROUND OF APPEAL IN A CRIMINAL APPEAL
‘In so far as the appeal relates to the facts in a criminal case, the ground which may be advanced is that “having regard to the evidence adduced” the conviction was “unreasonable”.- Bairamian J.S.C
CASES CITED
Archbold (1962), para. 934.
Aladesuru v. R. [1956] A.C. 49
The Queen v. Omisade and others, 1964 N.M.L.R. p. 67, at p.78
STATUTES REFERRED TO
