h~h'klsp~, Emma ~~I, Ndidiamaka, Felix · Bassey and Favour Bassey . Jd~cea~t ). He tes 1f1ed that he had never killed and does not deal witl;i _:,1<n1ves. \ : r Ufxder .oss-exa ination and in sharp contradiction to his earlier evidenl e · before he court he admi~t~d that he knows Thankgod, . Erl)mahu •I and · N idiamaka. He also [ admitted the following under Cr6ss~~~amination i -· · · I\ ":,, Hf1,dmi_tted (a} is whole biography {Q} .·. T~af he did n t see Ejike the last time he visited his town. {c) That he cann t remember the nam~ of the man him and Ejike visi~ed at lfit -nasa . That he l_ ives Tisiaf Nd1d1a TharkGod b (t) :,! Hej laHr-red t at O~poko with Emrl/anuel and ThankGod . . aka s yard was where ·he himself, Emmanuel and y and smoke Indian ~emp. · be in the market ot_th~ ~~te of the ineident. , (:d) (e) ,· (g} '. ,_ He -dm1tted o be fro ·m a very poorfam,ly and to have drop·ped I :·1 -, , out of seton ary school because t!finance . '. · :_ J ! ; : A( the t cliose·- of t e evide-nce of' OW , the defense closed their case ' i . . ' . . sabse·qlUJ:e:ihtly the learned Prosecutin: ·-rtroonsel Uchenna · Ekwerekwu Es:q. [Srenior: stat~ ·counsel] With · R.C. 'A'ga·namah Onyeze Esq. · [senior state c.ounse Land 0. Onwujekwe Es ., Defendant's counsel filed their r~~pective writte~ addresses. The· said · titten :submissions of th·e above 1 • ~ef pe(~ive coun: I_ f~r eas~ and convenience are hereby deemed 1nf or~o-.rated sena~1m into this Judgme t.; _ ~~e D~; endant's dounsel h~wever, in '~i~ '~inal written address raised a 0 n mber of prelim•inary Objections belo\rv-· which I deem necessary to di' pense with first and foremost. i \ e'..-Defendant counsel objected that . .he:information before the court ts.i \:ncompetent a~d that this cpurt l~cks jurisdicti_on to entertain th~s ~iion: ~n 'th~ ground th at u.chen na Ek f e~~k~u senior state couns.e/ D. · '•• ,. , t ·\ ,, . :• · �� · suiT NO. 0/49('/2016; THE ST~TE v~ CHIBUIKE DURU , Judgment d'elivered oh i9/04/2018 · I t, I . j I