2. The Defendant shall then during his defence and as part of his defence, call witnesses and or adduce evidence to prove that the confessional statement was not obtained voluntarily. 3. The parties shall thereafter include legal arguments with respect to the admissibility or otherwise of the confessional statement in their final addresses and the court shall in the final judgment in the matter, include its ruling on the admissibility or otherwise of the said confessional statement. The objective and guiding principle upon which the said practice direction was issued, is well stated in section 2 of the practice direction which provides as follows:“2. The purpose of this Practice Direction, is to expedite the trial of Criminal cases by eliminating the delay occasioned in the proceedings by stopping the substantive proceedings and conducting trial-withintrial when a Defendant raise objection to the admissibility of a confessional statement on the ground that same was not obtained voluntarily”. From the foregoing provisions of the practice direction particularly Section 2 which deals with objective and guiding principle, it has become clear that the Practice Direction is no doubt in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of the ACJL of Sokoto State 2019 in terms of its objective of achieving speedy dispensation of justice in the Administration of Criminal Justice System in the State. Page 10 of 22