- Nnorodim V. Ezeani {1995} 2 NWLR pt 378 p 448
- Lagga V. Sarhunu {2008} 16 NWLR pt 1114 p 427
- Onyekwelu V. Elf Pet. Nig. Ltd {2009} 5 NWLR
- Momoh V. Umoru {2011} 15 NWLR pt 1270 p 217
The question one will ask is whether from the evidence led visa vis the
elements of the offences of criminal breach of trust and criminal
misappropriation with which the respondent was charged and
subsequently discharged and acquitted, the trial court did not properly
evaluated the evidence as presented before it. For the purpose of this
question it has become necessary to look at the elements of the
offences.
Consequently, for the offence of criminal breach of trust punishable
under section 301 of the penal code and as rightly submitted by the
respondent’s counsel, the offence of criminal breach of trust under
section 300 of the Sokoto state penal code law 2019, is in pari matera
with the provisions of section 311 of the penal code of Northern
Nigeria the ingredients of which are identified as follows:(a)
That the defendant was entrusted with property or dominion
over it,
(b)
That he:
(i)
Misappropriated it; or
(ii)
Converted it; or
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