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
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STATUTES REFERRED TO