The Defendant stated that he pursued the victim … hit him with a stick plank on his forehead, he fell down and was bleeding. He was conveyed to the General Hospital where he died while receiving treatment. That he picked a stick which has nail on it from the road. I have earlier stated in this Judgment that death can be proved by direct or circumstantial evidence. It can also be inferred. In homicide cases where the cause of death is obvious as in this case, medical evidence ceases to be of practical necessity particularly when the deceased died almost immediately from the voluntary act of the Defendant, medical evidence will not be necessary. See BEN VS. STATE (2006) 16 NWLR (PT. 1006) 582 SC. ALARAPE VS. STATE (2001) LRCN 634 SC. 28