UMUKORO USIKARO & ORS VS ITSEKIRI COMMUNAL LAND TRUSTEES & ORS
July 14, 2025AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY VS VITALITY PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
July 14, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1991) Legalpedia (SC) 29613
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Feb 8, 1991
Suit Number: SC. 277/1988
CORAM
EMANUEL OBIOMA OGWUEGBU JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT (Read the Leading Judgment)
SAIDU KAWU JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE,JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS AG CHIEF JUSTICE, NIGERIA
MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
TAJUDEEN ADEYEMIAKINLADE RUFUSLATEEF YUSUF GIWAGABRIEL JAMES HART APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellants were charged, tried and convicted for conspiracy to rob and armed robbery. They were sentenced to death. Their appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed and they now appealed to the Supreme Court.
HELD
The court held that appellants were rightly found guilty of armed robbery by the trial Court and that the decision rightly affirmed by the Court of Appeal.
ISSUES
Is it simple robbery or armed robbery?
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
Yinusa Ajiloye v. The State (1983) 6 SC.1/5
STATUTES REFERRED TO
The Criminal Code Law of Lagos State
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