CORAM
M. BELLO – USTICE, SUPREME COURT (Presided)
M.L. UWAIS – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
E.O. OGWUEGBU – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
Y.O. ADIO – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
A.I. IGUH – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
NWALI NNABO APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant (Nwali Nnabo) was alleged to have murdered one Agbe Nweke at Ivakpa Okpoitumo Ikwo in the Abakaliki Judicial Division on or about 15:1:84.
HELD
The appeal failed and was dismissed. The conviction and sentence passed on the appellant by the trial court and the Court of Appeal were confirmed
ISSUES
“1. Does the defence of insanity avail the appellant under section 28 of the Criminal Code?2. Was the trial court right to have considered the confessional statement of the appellant “Exhibit A” first before dealing with the issue of insanity.”
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
R v. Nasamu (1940) 6 W.A.C.A. 74.Ejinima v. The State (1991) 6 NWLR (Pt. 200) 627.
STATUTES REFERRED TO