SAMUEL ADAJE V. THE STATE
August 7, 2025MESSERS LEWIS & PEAT (N.R.I.) LTD V. A. E. AKHIMIEN
August 7, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1976) Legalpedia (SC) 11330
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Jun 18, 1976
Suit Number: SC. 285/1975
CORAM
ALEXANDER, CHIEF JUSTICE, NIGERIA
SOWEMIMO, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
IDIGBE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OBASEKI, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
OBAJI AGA (Alias Obaji Akpu) APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant alleges that the deceased insulted her by calling her ‘a goat’. The deceased was attacked by the appellant who threw her on the ground and gave her a violent kick in the belly with the knowledge of the fact that the deceased was bearing a five month old pregnancy. The deceased died shortly as a result of severe bleeding from the vagina
HELD
The appellant is guilty of murder
ISSUES
None.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
R v Okoni 4 WACA 19, Idiong and Umo v The King (1950) 13 WACA 30
STATUTES REFERRED TO
316(6) and (c) of Criminal Code Cap. 30 Vol. 2 of the 1963
