JOSEPH LADIPO & ORS VS WILLIAM AJANI & ANOR
July 1, 2025ODU’A INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED VS JOSEPH TAIWO TALABI
July 1, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1997) Legalpedia (SC) 19571
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Jul 18, 1997
Suit Number: SC. 137/1996
CORAM
MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
EMMANUEL OBIOMA OGWUEGBU JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
STEPHEN EMOGA APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant was convicted at the High Court of Bendel State, for the offence of murder and sentenced to death by hanging.
HELD
In the result, I am satisfied that the learned trial judge made a correct decision in convicting the appellant and sentencing him to death. The Court of Appeal is right in affirming the decision. The appeal is dismissed. I affirm the judgment of the court below.
ISSUES
1. Is the lower court right to affirm the conviction and sentence passed by the trial court against the appellant?2. Whether the Court of Appeal was right in applying the inconsistency rule to the extra-judicial statement of the appellant and his evidence in Court. ?
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
R. v.Sweet-Escott (1971) 55 Cr. App. R. 316R. v. Golder45 CA.R. 5,R. v. Joshua (1964) 1 All NLR page I.?
STATUTES REFERRED TO
EVIDENCE ACT
