DIGEST OF NIGERIAN CASES FROM IN 4 VOLS OVER 3,000 PAGES WITH BEAUTIFUL COVER AND CLEAN PRINT
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ILLUSTRATION
LEGAL HEAD: EVIDENCE
SUBJECTMATTER: CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT
ISSUE:
Confirmation before senior police officer
PRINCIPLES:
Need for compliance with laid down principle, – duty of police to test its veracity – Queen V. Obasa (1962) I All NLR IV 651 at page 657. Such confirmation is done by the superior police officer filling a standard form in answer to questions put to the accused. (Summary of the decision of Sowemimo JSC)
CITATION:
Obue v. The State (1976) 1 ALL NLR (Pt.1) 165 at 173
LEGAL HEAD: JUDGMENT AND ORDER
SUBJECT MATTER: ARREST OF JUDGMENT
ISSUE:
Whether arrest of judgment has a place in the Nigerian rules of court and judicial system.
PRINCIPLE:
“The application for stay of further proceedings in the consolidated appeals is simply directed at arresting that judgment which, by the decisions of this court, has no place in our rules of court and our judicial system.” Per. Onnoghen, JSC.
CITATION:
Ukachukwu v. P.D.P. & ORS. (No.1) (2013) 10-12 S.C. 1 at 3 line 30 (SC)