CORAM
SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE JUSTICE,SUPREME COURT
UMARU ATU KALGO JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PAUL K. NWOKEDI JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
DENNIS ONYEJIFE EDOZIE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
1.MONSURU SOLOLA2. JAMIU OLOYEDE APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The trial court relied on the evidence of a 12 years old and witnesses who saw the appellants trying to dispose of the body of the deceased and the confessional statements of the appellants in convicting them. The conviction was confirmed by the court of appeal.
HELD
The court held that there the court of appeal rightly confirmed the conviction of the appellants.
ISSUES
1. Whether the Court of Appeal was right in holding that the trial court had substantially complied with the provisions of section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Law (Cap 30) Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 1978 and section 3(6)(a) of the 1979 Constitution.
2. Whether the Court of Appeal was right in holding that the trial court had rightly admitted and relied on Exhibits D-D1 and, G-G1 being the confessional and additional? statements of the 1st Appellant”
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
1) Okoro v The State (1998) 14 N.W.L.R. (Pt.594) 181
2) R. V. Omerewure Sapele (1957) 2 FSC 24
3) Durugo v The State (1992) 7 N.W.L.R. (Pt:225) 525 at 541
4) Ikemson v The State (1989) 3 N.W.L.R. (Pt.110) 455
STATUTES REFERRED TO
1) The Criminal Procedure Act
2) The Evidence Act
3) The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999