SUPREME COURT & COURT OF APPEAL DECISIONS (13665)
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HELD:
"...bona fide claim connotes an act done in in good faith" without fraud or deceit, see Blacks' Law Dictionary(supra) page 210.
HELD:
"The defence of alibi is defeated the moment there is evidence which positioned the accused at the venue of the crime at the time the act which constituted the offence charged took place.
HELD:
"Alibi is a radical defence and it simply means an accused was somewhere else at the time of the commission of the offence and could not have possibly been on the scene to partake of the act.
HELD:
"There is overwhelming evidence in this case fixing the appellant at the scene of crime and he jointly with his Co- accused or defendants severely attacked the victims of the offence PW1 and PW2 who gave positive evidence linking the appellant with the commission of the offences for which Appellant was charged.
HELD:
"...BELLO SHURUMO V. THE STATE (2010) LPELR - 3069 (SC) at 35 A - E per FABIYI, J.S.C., who said:
HELD:
"What then are the ingredients of the offence of attempted culpable homicide punishable under Section 229 of the Penal Code.
HELD:
"There is no doubt that the burden and standard of proof in any criminal proceedings are squarely on the prosecution.