N. Ekereke V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
N. Ekereke V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This act of reckless killing is rather common in this area. There is no justification whatsoever for the killing. Both counsel have nothing to urge in favour of the appellant. There is no merit in the deliberate case […]
Oluwakaikunmi Fasuyi V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Oluwakaikunmi Fasuyi V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report U. UDOMA, JSC.: Appeal dismissed. No merit. A.G. IRIKEFE, JSC.: This appeal is dismissed. M. BELLO, JSC.: I agree the appeal should be dismissed. While her mother was asleep, the Appellant killed her by stabbing her with a matchet. The Appellant said she had done so […]
James Igbinovia V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
James Igbinovia V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. OBASEKI, J.S.C. My Lords, the appellant was tried and convicted on a murder charge by the High Court (Unurhoro, J.) at Benin City on the 14th day of November, 1977, and sentenced to death. Being aggrieved by the conviction and sentence, he appealed to […]
Effiong Udofia V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Effiong Udofia V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, J.S.C. This appeal against the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (affirming the conviction of the appellant and sentence of death on him for the murder of his girlfriend, Atim Nyaraowo entered and passed by the High Court of the Cross River State […]
Willie Jacob Udo V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Willie Jacob Udo V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): On perusal of the record there does not seem anything that could be usefully urged on behalf of the appellant. The appeal is hereby dismissed. M. BELLO, J.S.C.: I agree the appeal has no merit and it should be […]
Effiong Dan Etuk Udo V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Effiong Dan Etuk Udo V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report Sowemimo, J.S.C.: The appellant appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal and his counsel said he has nothing to urge in favour of the appellant. He said further that the notice of appeal filed by the appellant was not proper because of the […]
Godwin Ikpasa Vs Bendel State (1981) LLJR-SC
Godwin Ikpasa Vs Bendel State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SIR UDO UDOMA, J.S.C. There was in force and full operation throughout Nigeria under a unitary system of government one Criminal Code under the Criminal Code Ordinance from 1961 up to and including 30th September, 1954. In it, the crime of murder was clearly defined; […]
Akai Akpan Udo Ekwere V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Akai Akpan Udo Ekwere V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, J.S.C.: The appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal was struck out without hearing it on the merits on the 30th day of April, 1979 on the flimsy ground that the notice of appeal was wrongly headed by the appellant who affixed […]
Sani Idrisu Karmaliya V. Sokoto State (1981) LLJR-SC
Sani Idrisu Karmaliya V. Sokoto State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, C.J.N. : On 6th October, 1977, in the High Court of Sokoto State, one Sani Idrisu Karmaliya (now appellant) was found guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death. The particulars of the offence showed that on the 27th January, 1977, at Tudun Wada […]
Uko James Vs The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Uko James Vs The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report U. UDOMA, JSC. Appeal struck out. G. S. Sowemimo, JSC.: I agree with the judgment of the learned presiding justice and the purported appeal before this court should be struck out. I hereby order that the appeal be struck out. A. G. IRIKEFE, JSC.: […]