- Obakpolor V. State (1991) 1 SCNJ 91.
- Ugwumba V. State (1993) 6 SCNJ 217.
- Eyisi V. State (2001) 18 WRN 10 SC.
Prosecuting counsel further submitted that the statement of
the defendant is confessional in nature and that a confessional
statement can be relied upon to convict a defendant.
- Badamasi V. State (1996) 6 NWLR Pt 196 P 182.
- Idowu V. State (2000) 12 NWLR Pt 608 P 48.
- Arogundare V. State (2009) NWLR Pt 705 P 165.
- Ibrahim Kamila V. State (2018) ALL FWLR Pt 965 P
1 at 27.
It was the submission of the prosecuting counsel that the
allegation of involuntariness of the confessional statement of
the defendant cannot hold because it was not made at the
appropriate time, and that the issue having been raised by the
defendant while giving evidence as DW1 is inconsequential.
- Odeh V. FRN (2008) ALL FWLR Pt 424 P 1590.
- Muhammad V. State (2015) 11 NCC 481 at 490.
Prosecuting counsel finally concluded by urging this court to
hold that the prosecution has proved its case beyond
reasonable doubt and convict the defendant as charged.
By paragraph 3.01 of their adopted written address, the
defence counsel submitted that the prosecution has failed
woefully to prove the offences with which the 1st defendant is
charged beyond reaonble doubt as required by law.
- Salabi V. State (1993) 7 NWLR Pt 307 P 511.
- Ikaria V. State (2014) 1 NWLR Pt 1389 P 639.
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