Defendant guilty as charged and convict and sentence
him accordingly.
It is the submission that once this Honourable Court upon
admitting the confessional statements of the Defendant
satisfied itself that it is positive, direct and voluntary, the
court has a duty to consider the admitted confessional
statement. See NWACHUKWU v STATE (2007) 17 NWLR (Pt
1062) SC 31 at 65 – 16 Paras H – A); 70 Paras F – G;
ADEBAYO v A.G. OGUN STATE (2000) 7 NWLR (Pt 1085) 201
at 221 Paras F – G.
Court is urged to convict the
Defendant based on his confessional statements.
See
UBIERHO v STATE (2005) 5 NWLR (Pt 919) 644 at 655; ALO v
STATE (2015) 9 NWLR (Pt 1464) 238 at 270 – 271 Paras F – A.
It is submitted that the facts stated in the Defendant’s
statements are true; that the assertion by the Defendant
that he bought and paid for the 3 vehicles relying on
Exhibits Y6, Y7, Y8 and Y9, Y10, Y11, Y12, Y13 and Y14 and
claimed that he could not state these facts during the
investigation because the issues never came should be
rejected by this court as an after-thought and therefore
unreliable. Court is urged to accord full probative weight
and value to the evidence of the prosecution witnesses
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