mind is compelled by the most powerful consideration of the impending unknown to speak the truth.” - Dada V. State (2018) ALL FWLR pt 920 p 77 at 101-102. - Ikono V. State (1973) 5 SC 231. - Kazeem Ayinde V. State (2017) LPELR 42176. - Woodcock V. R (1789) 168 ER 353. - Osiekwe V. State (1999) 9 NWLR pt 617 p 43 at 68. Simplifying the meaning of what a dying declaration means, the Court of Appeal in the case of Okoro V. State (2007) ALL FWLR pt 361 p 1794 at 1808 stated the law as follows:“A dying declaration is a statement made by a person who may die from the injury received from a person whom the deceased person identified as the person who inflicted on him (the deceased) the injury from which he never recovered till he died. It is one of the exceptions to the rule of direct evidence to prove a fact in issue.” - Ishaya V. State (2019) 19 WRN 131. - Okereke V. State (2016) 45 WRN 1. - Akpan V. State (1992) 6 NWLR pt 248 p 439. As to whether dying declaration is an admissible evidence, the Supreme Court Per Kekere – Ekun JSC in the case of Ezekwe V. State (Supra) has this to say:“It is well established in the law of evidence that a statement made by a person in imminent fear of death, and believing at the Page 14 of 34