VS ISAAC (2012) LPELR – 9306 (CA), OMIYALE VS
MACAULEY (2009) 7 NWLR (Pt. 1141).
The questions that begs for answer are two:Qst.. Where did Defendant get authority to sell plots of
norminal complaints’ land to PW1, PW4 and PW5?
Qst.. Was there any land in law at all, belonging to the
Defendants?
Indeed the onus is on the party who assert the
affirmative to prove his assertion. It is however the law
that once the court is very convinced that the
ingredients of an offence is established, prosecution is
then adjudged to have discharged that burden of prove.
I have seen and read the contents of the documents
tendered before me, on the one hand and listened to the
viva – voice evidence adduced by Prosecution and
Defendants on the other part.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND KAYODE GABRIEL ADENIJI & 2ORS
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