CORAM
BAIRAMIAN CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ONYEAMA JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
LEWIS JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
SALIHU HONG
APPELLANTS
THE STATE
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
Criminal Law-Conviction -Extortion
SUMMARY OF FACTS
Salihu Hong was convicted on 9 April, 1966 by Bate J., sitting in the High Court (Northern Nigeria) at Jos, on a charge.
HELD
That the applicant is caught in the words “attempts to put any person in fear of any injury to that person or to any other”
ISSUES
Whether the Trial Court rightly convicted the Accused person for an offence of extortion?
RATIONES DECIDENDI
PROOF OF EXTORTION
‘in a charge of extortion, although it may not be indespensible, it would be useful if prosecuting counsel asked the complainant “Why did you deliver what you gave to so-and-so?” in order to have direct evidence that the fear of injury threatened by the accused person was what made him yield to the dishonest demand of the accused person.’Per Bairamian, J.S.C.
CASES CITED
STATUTES REFERRED TO
Penal Code of Northern Nigeria.