after a due trial, convicted the Appellant for the offences of aiding and abetting kidnap. The Appellant dissatisfied with the judgement filed a notice of appeal filed on 17th Decembe r 202!,later amended on 29th March 2022. The parties filed briefs and exchanged same; The Appellants brief and reply was filed on 29th March 2022, and 7th June 2023 respectively which was settled by S. KELECHI NNADI ESQ OF S. KELECHI NNADI & CO. wherein he distilled a sole issue thus: "Whether the learned trnl judge was right when he convicted the Appellant for the offence of aiding and abetting kidnap based on the retracted confesstbna/ statement and in the absence of any credible evidence." While the Respondent's brief was filed on 30th May 2A23 deemed on 2912124, which was settled by SLWIA DUMUJE, PRINCIPAL STATE who distilled two issues COUNSEL, MINISTRY OF JUSICE, DELTA STATE for determination thus: 1. Whether the learned trialiudge was rEht in law when he held that the prosecution proved the offences of conspiracy to kidnap, aiding and abetttng and kidnapping against the Appellant beyond reasonable doubt. 2. Whether the learned trial judge subjected the retraded confessional statement of the appellant to the veracity test before he concluded that the Appellantb statement was a confessional statement in line with the prowsion of the /aw? cA.AS.40C.2022 uEe ftpv 2lPagc