Court:
Are you guilty or not guilty?
Defendant:
I am guilty
Court:
By virtue of section 273(1) of the ACJL of Sokoto
State 2019, where a defendant pleaded guilty to a
non-capital offence as in this case, the trial court
before convicting the defendant is required to invite
the prosecutor to state the facts upon which the
charge (s) are framed against the defendant with a
view to ascertain whether the defendant understand
the charge (s) against him and truly intends to admit
all the elements of the offence (s) with which he is
charged.
Consequently, the prosecution is hereby invited to
briefly state the facts upon which the three counts
charges were framed against the defendant with a
view to ascertain whether the defendant understand
the particulars of the charges and truly intends to
admit all the elements of the offences with which
the defendant is charged.
Shehu Musa Esq:
The brief facts of the case upon which the
charges
were
framed,
are
that
sometimes
November, 2021 the defendant attended and treated
one Abubakar Hassan, Umar Imrana, Musa
Haidar, Abu Zar Yahaya, Mubarak Iliyasu Jega and
Mustapha Sani Shinkafi victims of gunshots and
issued them with 3 cause of death certificates and 3
medical reports without reporting to the police and
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