CORAM

ELIAS JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

FATAYI-WILLIAMS JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

IBEKWE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

MONDAY AKPAN MATTHEW APPELLANTS

RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The appellant was seen attacking his wife with a matchet. When her corpse was discovered he was missing. He was later arrested at Oron.

HELD

The court held that the appellants story about his movement on that fateful day were that of a confused and desperate person.

ISSUES

Whether the denial of the appellant or his story as to his movement on that fateful day without more were enough to set aside his conviction

RATIONES DECIDENDI

CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A DEFENCE OF ALIBI CANNOT AVAIL AN ACCUSED CHARGED WITH MURDER

Every case must rest upon its own facts and in this case there is no redeeming feature in the savage and brutal attack on the deceased by the appellant so we are of the view that the appellant was rightly convicted of murder”. Per FATAYI- WILLIAMS, J.S.C.

CASES CITED

STATUTES REFERRED TO

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