above have been judicially considered in the unreported decision of the Court of Appeal in CA/L/727A/2017 AKAEZE CHARLES v FRN delivered on the 19th Day of March 2018 where the Court of Appeal discountenanced statements recorded in such circumstance as that of the Defendant in the instant case. In response to paragraph 4.27 and 4.28 of the prosecution’s final written address, it is submitted that contrary to the prosecution’s submission to “facilitate” cannot mean put differently to mean “supervise/oversee”. The words are not synonymous. To facilitate is to assist. The case of ADEBAYO v A.G. OGUN STATE (Supra) cited by the prosecution in paragraph 4.33 in support of paragraph 4.32 in urging the court to convict the Defendant based on Exhibit N1 – N5 and Z7 (being purported confessional statements) is not applicable to this case in that, those cited exhibits masquerading as confessional statement have not been proven to be true in line with the Supreme Court decision in Bello V cop (Supra). In response to paragraphs 5.17 to 5.25 of the prosecutions address, it is submitted that a call for “trial-within-trial is not 33

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