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MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS, CHIEF JUSTICE NIGERIA

MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS CHIEF JUSTICE, NIGERIA (Presided) UTHMAN MOHAMMED JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT SYLVE

ANTHONY IKECHUKWUIGUH JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

KALGO JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

JONAS EFFIA APPELLANTS

RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The Appellant was convicted and sentenced to death for the offence of murder and had appealed against the sentence and conviction.

HELD

The court held that it has anxiously considered the evidence of these witnesses and do not have any doubts as to their credibility and accordingly dismissed the appeal of the appellant and affirmed the conviction and sentence passed by the court below.

ISSUES

Whether, in view of the nature and quality of evidence adduced by the prosecution, the Court of Appeal did not err by holding that the trial judge rightly convicted and sentenced the appellant to death for murder. ?

RATIONES DECIDENDI

CASES CITED

Ebba V Ogodo [1984] 4 SC 84 at pages 90-91; [1984] 1 SCNLR 372;Onwugbufor V Okoye [1996] 1 NWLR [pt.424] 252 at 289R v. Mcpherson (1957) 41 CR APRR 213Onubogu & Anor v The State (1974) 1 All NLR (Pt. 11) 5;Nasamu V The State (1968) NMLR 86;Enahoro V Queen (1965) I All NLR 125;Ibe V State (1992) 5 NWLR (Pt.244) 642 at 649;Namsoh V State (1993) 5 NWLR (Pt.292) 129?

STATUTES REFERRED TO

None

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