time it was made that he/she was going to die, is admissible as a dying declaration.” - Okoro V. State (Supra). Akpan V. State (Supra). Okereke V. State (Supra). Garba V. Queen (1959) 5 CNLR 402. Furthermore, Section 40 (1) of the Evidence Act, 2011 provides as follows:“40 (1): A statement made by a person as to the cause of his death, or as to any of the statements relating to the circumstances of the events which resulted in his death in cases in which the cause of that person’s death comes into question, is admissible where the person who made it believed himself to be in danger of approaching death although he may have entertained at the time of making it hopes of recovery.” The evidence of PW1 and PW2 in relation to the dying declaration of the deceased in relation to the circumstances of the events which resulted to his subsequent death, identified the defendant as among the persons who inflicted the injury on him from which he never recovered till he died. This dying declaration of the deceased appeared to be corroborated even by the statement of the defendant which was admitted in evidence and marked as Exhibits B and B1 respectively where the defendant stated as follows:- Page 15 of 34