CHINWE E. IYIZOBA J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant, Matthew Ahungur was arraigned before Shiyanbola J. of two Judicial Division of the Osun State High Court on the 28th day of January 2009 on a charge of murder. The facts of the case are not very much in dispute. The prosecution's case was that in the evening of the 4th of June, 2005 at Kajola area Iwo, Osun State while the deceased Prince Sunday Adedoyin was in the beer shop of one Felicia Achiaga, the appellant met him there and demanded to know why he would not leave his 'wife' alone. The deceased replied the appellant that the woman now belongs to him, the deceased. The statement infuriated the appellant and he pulled out a cutlass he was carrying and chopped off the two hands of the deceased. The deceased was taken to the police station and died on his way to the hospital. The appellant went to the Divisional Police Station at Iwo to report the incident. He surrendered the cutlass to PW3, the investigating …
AHUNGUR
V.
STATE
(2011) JELR 48437 (CA)
Court of Appeal 29 Nov 2011 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/I/192C/2010
Judges:KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
CHINWE EUGENIA IYIZOBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
MOORE A. A. ADUMEIN Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Awoniyi Alabi Esq. For Appellant
K. M. Akano, Solicitor-General and K. A. Tijani principal State Counsel, Ministry of Justice Osun State. For Respondent
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