DICKSON AIGHOBAHI VS THE STATE
July 26, 2025GEORGE OKPOE ACHINIKE V THE STATE
July 26, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1982) Legalpedia (SC) 11191
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Thu Feb 18, 1982
Suit Number: SC. 48/1981
CORAM
IRIKEFE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OBASEKI, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ESO, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ANIAGOLU, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
UWAIS, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
OLUFUNMILAYO BANKOLE APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant, a never “do well” and an incorrigible dependant dealt repeated blows on the heads of his elder half-brother and his wife while both were asleep. Having satisfied himself that both were dead, he clumsily set the abode on fire and retired to a bathroom in the apartment to commit suicide, the Japanese way, by dis-embowelling himself with a pair of scissors.
HELD
APPEAL WAS RIGHTLY DISMISSED
ISSUES
NIL
RATIONES DECIDENDI
A VOLUNTARY CONFESSION OF AN ACCUSED PERSON A MURDER CHARGE CAN WARRANT HIS CONVICTION
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CASES CITED
NIL
STATUTES REFERRED TO
NIL
