- Ajayi V. State (2013) 53 NSCQR pt. II p. 632. - Ikaria V. State (2013) 8 NCC 248. - Alibi V. State (1993) 7 NWLR pt. 307 p. 511. The defendant’s statements which are confessional in nature, direct, positive and which admit of all the ingredients of the offence, can be used solely to convict the defendant. - Stave V. Usman Isah (2013) 8 NCC 320. - Ajibade V. State (2013) 8 NCC 221. - Mamman V. FRN (2013) 53 SCNQR pt. II p. 183. Consequent upon the foregoing, I resolve the sole issue formulated in favour of the prosecution and against the defendant. Accordingly, the prosecution having proved its case against the defendant beyond reasonable doubt in respect of the offence of rape punishable under Section 260 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law, 2019 with which the defendant was arraigned, I hereby find you Khalifa Sani guilty and convict you as charged. ALLOCUTUS C.B. Sarkin Noma Esq: We plead for leniency on behalf of the convict. He is a first time offender. The convict is a young man who has learnt his lesson and is sober and has been in detention since August 2019. We pray this court to give him an option of fine or a lighter sentence. Page 17 of 19