Q A PW3 t t'M ti" d I hat Che dt:Ct·ili.cd w,,l ~tabbed on lht• lt>tt Cheli It wa,; ant • nor ' I' I ront, iO a.omc•tX>d~ cnn ntlst:tk<: rt I, lhui. innocuous slip or m,~taklilli did 1101 QM aouo1 on the m111d of the cour t as it did not t ouch on the lngrcd, 0 111s of lhc 01•r-ncc e~pecteo to b~ provt!d by the pro:.ecution nnn ,•, h ••n 1hc ooctor .•.Ito r>wir med lhe corps, told tht.: Court th ltt on•· t:._- n n1 ... 1al!,. 111!hl ro, felt u~ Ute wound 1s at ant c no, f I Dtlt 8«-i ~•df.;: !. :.1d, t ~1n1uly th·ru_-, u~ on po n· o f , t: •'• of r •u? behold-:t It iHl b.-• r1ph t r,o,n th ,·:. ' 1nd,nu oo t t o' O • · '" "',.,,. , and can also he tef1 f, orn nnot hr•t ~, nnd1n,, . tc .,. rhn. , •r> abot, e a ,s 1ot Hect the rnent ( of t I c cast> no, en~, uo .h· 11 :1,(, n 111v on •f c.: Cou, 1 .. hcrf er the dcceas t d v.1as :.t ab t>t>d o, n, ~ 1, c.1 doe no; o sc cdfl lh,~ c er1r evidence l)c 1or · Uh~ Co•u ' St 1• l he ca c~ o - Oibae Vs State f2007J 9 NWLR pt. 1038 30 a t pg. SO Th us t hC' 11 co 1s1sr ct u1 t ht.. cf t or P ,,, • 1 .•.,as p e, phu 1ed The ,nc OllSl!,l t?nc, u,ust also cast doub· tn the ,nano ol ihc cn«I Court The Defence Courbt.:I ci ted Okon,, v, Strth ( 198;) to buur~~s hts po,nt that u1cons1) tt~nr, fn t hP. c.-1:-.~ pro .. t•cuc on h fatal to lht!i, case. However, the fact of thJt ca~fl ,s QUltc dUf~h•ru r,o,n 1he fan s m the present case tht' issue ,n fhJt cast• ts rhe ntttu,e of ,vcapon used an c, 0 committ tng ttu off ence ·· In t he l. asc ,lt hnnd lhe Y, ~apon used es not m doubt. In lxh 1b1t "C'', t he DeterH.Elnt confessed that ht• slabbed the deceased wnh a kntfe Fa,lure t o te nder the offcnstvt' weapon cannot result in th e acquittal of the au u!led person. This fs bec«1uSt' of rhe poss1b1lity of the Defen dan t doing away with the weapon t o c•q u ,1ah') himsel f fro m Cnminill res po nsi b1f1t v See t he case of OLA YINI\A V STATf. (2 007) 9 NWL R pt. 104 0 56 1. In t his inst ant, the Defendant m [:,Jub,r SUII NO 0/4•} / lOlf, !Ht )IATl v~ t.t11ttu1-.1 OUHU Judsmwot d~ltvctrwJ un 19/ 04/ JO ti