language that he understands and in detail of the nature of the offence.” In the instant case, charge or information against the Defendants of the offences alleged to have been committed have been precisely stated and particulars thereof supplied as to the nature of the offences. Although the learned Counsel for the Defendants did not raise this issue to quash the charge at the initial stage of trial, but he allowed evidence adduced and i commend the foresight of the learned Counsel, Pius Ezema Esq. And the Court of Appeal in the case of OTUNBA ADEBAYO CHRISTOPHER ALAO AKALA V FRN, (2014) LPELR 22930, Ibadan Judicial Division held:“An application to quash a charge is one of which if successful can terminate a trial at inception; hence the Court must be circumspective in considering such application. The purpose of the application in most cases is to enable the Court to filter the proof of evidence filed to ensure that the accused person is not subject to the ordeal of a criminal trial with the attendant stigma when there is in fact no good reason in law to so proceed. The good in law pertains to the disclosure of a known offence in law which must also tend link the accused person to the alleged commission of the said offence. This is an essential requirement which has its sources in the 1999 Constitution of the FRN. Section 50

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