CORAM
A.G. KARIBI-WHYTE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS AG. CHIEF JUSTICE, NIGERIA
BOLARINWA OYEGOKE BABALAKI JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
S. KAWU, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
E.O. OGWUEGBU, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
SOLOMON AKPAN APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant was charged in the High Court with the murder of one Akpan Peter Udombang. After a trial, the learned trial Judge found the appellant guilty of murder as charged and sentenced him accordingly. The appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal in which the Court of Appeal held the appeal to be lacking in merit, dismissed and affirmed the conviction and sentence of the trial High Court. The appellant further appealed to the Supreme Court.
HELD
The appeal was dismissed. The judgment of the court below was affirmed.
ISSUES
Whether the issues in the Respondent’s Brief of Argument attracting adverse comments by the Honorable Justices of the Court of Appeal and reformulated by them rendered the Brief defective and thereby occasioned a miscarriage of justice.
Whether the Court of Appeal was right in affirming the trial Judge’s findings of the extra-judicial statements of the appellant.
Whether the Court of Appeal was right in upholding the findings of the learned trial Judge rejecting the defenses of the appellant.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
DUTIES OF THE COURT
“It is trite that a “Court of Law does nothing in vain.” Per OMO, JSC
CASES CITED
None.
STATUTES REFERRED TO
None