shown that his reaction was premidated by the action of the deceased who cut him with a cutlass from behind. He said:“On Tuesday 31/3/2020 at about 11:00pm, I was at Kwanberu junction going home opposite the house of late Alhaji Tore, I heard someone has cut me with a cutlass at my back. I then hugged him and two of us fell down on the ground.” The law is trite that in all criminal trials, especially in homicide cases, a trial court has a duty to consider all the defence raised by the evidence before it in favour of the defendants, whether or not the defendant specifically raised it no matter how weak, inconsequential or stupid it may appear. - Danbaba V. State (2019) 36 WRN 87. - Guobadia V. State (2004) 6 NWLR pt 869 p 360. - Elewanna V. State (2019) 46 WRN 147. It is also trite law that where an accused person raises a defence to the commission of a crime alleged against him, it simply means he is only disputing the mensrea and not the actus reus of the offence, as he is by implication admitting the actus reus. - Ola V. State (2019) 4 WRN 1 at 24 para 5. - Chukwu V. State (1992) 1 NWLR pt 217 p 225 at 269. - Iromantu V. State (1964) 1 ALL NLR 311. Page 25 of 34