Statement admitted committing the offence, the Prosecution is not relieved of that burden. See AKINFE VS. STATE (1988) 3 NWLR (PT. 85) 729 SC. AIGBADION VS. STATE (2000) 4 SC (PT. 1) 1 at 15 & 16. IGABELE VS. STATE (2006) 6 NWLR (PT.975) 100 SC. The One Count Charge preferred against the Defendant is culpable homicide punishable with death contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code. Section 221 of the Penal Code States: “Except in the circumstances mentioned in Section 222 culpable homicide shall be punished with death: a. If the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death. b. If the doer of the act knew or had reason to know that death would be the probable and not only a 18