- 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 R. 43 at 68. Section 40(1) of the Evidence Act, 2011 provides as follows:“A statement made by a person as to the cause of his death, or as to any of the statements relating to the circumstances of the events which resulted in his death in cases in which the cause of that person’s death comes into question, is admissible where the person who made it believed himself to be in danger of approaching death although he may have entertained at the time of making it hopes of recovery.” In the case of Okoro V. State (2007) ALL FWLR pt. 361 p. 1794 at 1808, the Court of Appeal define dying declaration in the following words:“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. Page 14 of 21