CORAM

TASLIM OLAWALE ELIAS, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT

COKER JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

UDOMA JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

FRIDAY NJOKU APPELLANTS

RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The appellant attempted to kill a passerby and was arrested and taken to the Police Station where he confessed to murdering someone else in his room.

HELD

The court held that there was other evidence against the appellant to show that the confession was probably true.

ISSUES

Whether a conviction could hold against the appellant mainly on his statement without an eye – witness.

RATIONES DECIDENDI

WHETHER STATEMENT OF APPELLANT WITHOUT MORE CAN UPHOLD CONVICTION

The statement of the appellant without more cannot uphold a conviction against him it is for the judge having the advantage of seeing and hearing witnesses to decide whether the facts are such as can reduce the crime to manslaughter. PER ADEMOLA, C.J.N

CASES CITED

STATUTES REFERRED TO

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