Criminal Procedure and Practice (1383)
HELD:
"The Appellant's counsel, in urging this Court to allow this appeal, made reference to "cause of action", which is applicable to civil causes.
HELD:
"Under criminal law and jurisprudence, there is a presumption of vigilance and alertness on the part of the State (Crown), in this case, the military authority.
HELD:
"The Criminal Code and the Penal Code, applicable in various jurisdictions in Nigeria, have specific provisions for the commission of particular offences or conspiracy or attempt to commit such offences. Section112(c) of the Armed Forces Act provides:
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: