The words "any person" in section 2 of the Public Officers (Protection) Law are clear and unambiguous. They include both natural persons and artificial persons, such…

An action against a protected person under section 2(a) of the Public Officers (Protection) Law for an act done in execution of a public duty must…

The question of headship of a family, if in issue, must be established by evidence of customary law, which is a matter of evidence to be…

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact unless they are perverse, unsupported by evidence, reached by a wrong approach to evidence, or…

The charge having been read and explained to both accused in Igbo language and each pleaded not guilty, the arraignment cannot be faulted. It would have…

Where strong circumstantial evidence gives rise to an irresistible presumption or inference, the trial court will draw such inference so long as it is cogent and…

A young man of 18 charged with the appellant ran away when fighting started, meaning he was not there to explain how deceased was killed. The…

Section 33(6)(a) concerns the entitlement to be informed promptly in a language understood of the nature of the offence charged and has nothing to do with…

A confession is not evidence against a co-accused but is relevant only against the maker under section 27(3) of the Evidence Act. However, if the confession…

The appropriate superior authority may authorise a relevant senior officer to order a court martial. Section 131(3) of the Armed Forces Decree provides that a senior…

No judgment shall be reversed on any objection which, if stated after charge was read or during trial, might have been amended by the court. The…

Joint trial of separate indictments without objection is an irregularity not a nullity. Section 168 of the CPA makes this conclusion inevitable so long as no…