- Nweze V. State (1996) 2 NWLR pt 428 p 1.
Counsel to the Defendant also submitted that identification
parade which ought to be conducted, was not conducted by the
police with a view to ascertain whether or not the Defendant
was involved.
In the case of Alufohai V. State (2015) ALL FWLR pt 765 p
198 at 213, the Supreme Court held that an identification
parade is a police identification procedure in a criminal
suspect and other persons with similar physical features are
assembled and shown to the victim or a witness to determine
whether the suspect can be identified as the perpetrator of the
crime in question.
Describing the identification parade, the Supreme Court in the
case of Ogu V. COP (2018) ALL FWLR pt 928 p 31 at 69,
held as follows:“An identification parade usually consists of a
group of persons of the same sex, similar size and
physical features as the person suspected of having
committed the offence, assembled by the police from
among whom the witness is asked to identify the
culprit unaided and untutored.”
- Alabi V. State (1993) 7 NWLR pt 307 p 511.
- Olasehinde V. State (2019) 1 NWLR pt 1654 p
555.
- Wisdom V. State (2019) ALL FWLR pt 973 p 378.
From the foregoing definition and description of what
constitute identification parade as decided by the Supreme
Court, identification parade is not required in this case because
the evidence which fixed or identified the Defendant with the
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