ls it corr I borated? Does th Defendant ... (c) have the opportunity of committing the offence? {d) ~s the con ession possible? (b) {e) Is it consi tent with other facts which have been asce ained and proved. S e the case of Akpa V State (2007) 2 NWLR soo. l19 I In th1 said Sta ement, the Defendant made a Confessional Statement and ~ave a d tailed account of how, when and why he killed the d_ ece1sed . It c ntains a lucid graphical and detailed account of how he killed the dee ased . The Confess /onal Statement of the Defendant passep the tes s. There is abundant evidence outside the Confessional Statement whi h made the Statem dnt to be true and possible . Evidence of Pwb is exac ly in line with the ¢onfession of the Defendant. At the expenbe of pro ixity, let me rep rod Jee part of the said Exhibit "C" again I I wher~ the Defe dant stated thus :J ' I "How !/ killed he deceased was that I saw her playing with other I childr~n, I ca/le her, she followed me to a corner and I then stabbed her w~th a kite en knife on her stof(YJach and chest. After stabbing the i I · _ girl, I ian away... " I -! Then P.W2 in h~ evidence stated thfs I was playing with Favor in front of our compound when the DeJiendant came and called Favor, fmmediately I :heard Favor shoutil(!g, I rush to know why she was crying, I saw h~r in a pool of blood ~nd the Defendant running away, I tried to hold he1 but she fell on.the round. ' ! fh e PW3, the M;edical Chief Officer paw the decease and affirmed that t he cause of the !death was as a resu ft of penetra_ting injury. He saw the ~tab as Confesse~ by the Defendant. ~he same with Pw-1, Pw-4 and ' SUIT NO. 0/49c/2016: THE S~ATE VS CHIBUIKE OURU Judgment delivere~ on 19/04/2018 Page I 18