though made effort to retract same by alleging
duress and coercion leading to Trial within Trial
by which this court took the view that the
statement was voluntarily made. Such ruling as
handed down as Appealed against to the court of
Appeal by the Accused. The Court of Appeal in its
judgment on the issue and to which I am bound, not
only confirmed the admission into evidence the said
statement of the Accused as admissible in evidence
but equally a voluntary confessional statement as
well as the fact that a Certified True Copy of such
confessional statement is admissible in evidence.
Referring to page 21 of the records of Appeal
regarding the testimony of the Accused/Appellant.
It stated thus:
“It is not true that I made a voluntary statement.
Two other statements were dictated to me and I was
forced to sign. My voluntary statement which was
the 1st statement which was never tendered before
this court. I started writing my voluntary
statement at 1.00pm on 21st September 2003 and it
was PW6 Bashir Mamoodu who took away the statement
from me.
On the foregoing, the Court of Appeal stated
that”...Because the Appellant had agreed that the
first part of the statement sought to be tendered
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