:• J/ P. On1sha· who iled this action had no' NBA Stamp and Seal and that . / here is · o official ·ndication that the sQid counsel is in the employ of the I L~Joffice of ttorney eneral Ministry of Justice Onitsha Anambra state. \n this' regard, t e court observed ! and nOted that although the d~~ . lnf?rm~tlon. origi ating this suit I nOt have NBA stamp and seal affixed .~n 1t ho ever, on the 29 jd ay of January)] 2018, the said prosecut ng coun el via motion no: o y69m/18 sought the ·1eave ·of this court .t 9 regulariz · their processes filed in this charge by affixing the NBA o'f fi ial stam and seal in accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct \ and Le al Practitioners' Act. This is to say that the said documerhs was initially voidable and not void as the law permits same . ' i to be made vali by producing the I stamp and seal or" evidence of payment for ·stamp and seaL Thus the · learned prosecuting counsel has th-~r~forT redeem d and made a.II the processes f!led in the suit valid by affixing stamp an seal as provided ·the Section 10[1] of the Legal Priactitio ~er Conduct Act . It is then#ore h1y view that the Jearne·d qy ~o_unsel f or the p· osecut_ion having_ rel u1:~rizE'd th_e_ t~arge/information 1:n· 1trat1ng:I the· - rns ant trial, · there 1s o other ·v1t1at1ng element that . re:ndereq the in tant information inc ompetent as ·was vigorously 1 ~rgu~d : by the efence - _c~unse.1 sar,e:_ ~av.ing com?lied strictly to Section' 146' of t e Adm1n1strat1on f Cnm1nal Justice ,of Anambra ~-·~ at~w~ich :provifes that information f'i, b. c.: · s~~u contain the following thus:- 5tatement ot the charge and pa~(,utar:. ryame ~nd a(idress of any mate~1flVV:1tn~s~. 1 A copy of ant report or rather /1s 1 of Exh1b1t a.1·, Statem_e nt of Prosecution witnesfle:s: · e:1' : ' 'Statement of the Defendant · : ·· d_. . . 'bocunients ~hich the. Prosl'cutioh, /7lay consider relevant. "I I I- T~e Defendant qr his counsel did not · state that any of the above af .c,u,m ents ~as ~issing from the infotjm~tion served on him. The ,, I I I , SUIT NO. 0/49c/2016: THE STATE VS CHIBUIKE OURU Judgment delivered qn 1~/04/2018 ,l ,'I D ,n r , I C i