"Such a confession is not evidence against the respondent in this case but is a relevant fact against only the maker by virtue of section 27(3) of the Evidence Act....
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"There would be need for a trial within a trial where the appellant can clearly demonstrate by the nature of the language he used to express his ordeal that the...
"Where an accused person sets up a defence of non est factum in relation to a confessional statement, what he has done is not a retraction but a denial of...
"A confessional statement is the best evidence in our criminal procedure. It is a statement of admission of guilt by the accused and the court must admit it in evidence,...
"A written confession of an accused person is relevant and should not be discarded or ignored simply because the accused had later retracted it or resiled from that voluntary statement....
"Confessions, if voluntary are deemed to be relevant facts as against the persons who make them only."
"A confessional statement if made voluntarily by an accused person even if subsequently retracted is sufficient to sustain a conviction."
"By section 4(3) of the Oaths Act, the failure to administer oath on a witness before giving evidence is a mere irregularity which does not affect the decision arrived at...
"It is well settled that a voluntary confession or statement of an accused is deemed to be relevant and admissible against its maker and not against another."
"In Nigeria, a free and voluntary confession of guilt by a prisoner, whether under examination before a magistrate or otherwise, if it is direct and positive and is duly made...
"The practice in trial courts has been for an accused person who denies the voluntariness of his extra-judicial statement made to the police, to object to the statement when the...
"Voluntary confessions are deemed to be relevant facts as against only the persons who make them. They are not ordinarily evidence against co-accused persons."
