AJIBOYE
V.
FRN

(2018) JELR 39098 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.519/2015 · 18 May 2018 · Nigeria
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Ajiboye v. F.R.N. (2018) 13 NWLR (Pt. 1637) 430

CORAM

OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria JOHN INYANG OKORO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AMIRU SANUSI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SIDI DAUDA BAGE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

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appellant

trial court

lower court

penal code

counsel

issues

efcc act

appeal

learned trial judge

reasonable doubt

learned counsel

judgment of the trial court

gtbank plc

judgment of the learned trial judge

appellant's property

decision of the trial court

such capacity

appellant's conviction

criminal procedure code

jurisdiction of this honourable court

learned justices of the court of appeal

count no.4

forfeiture order

grounds of appeal

learned trial court

payment of compensation orders

possession of the guaranty trust bank

respect of the said sum

view of the circumstances of this case

accused pay compensation

appellant reply

close of the defence case

confessional statement worthy

count charge

cross examination of pw2

decision of the kwara state high court

extra-judicial statement

issues of determination

judgment of court of appeal

jurisdiction of the honourable court

leading judgment

learned justices of the lower court

notice of appeal

said brief of argument

set of issues

submission of counsel

such findings of the trial court

voluntary confessional statements

AMIRU SANUSI, J.S.C.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Court of Appeal, Ilorin division (Coram- Chidi Nwaoma Uwa, Uchechukwu Onyemenam and Musa Hassan Alkali, [of blessed memory] JCA hereinafter referred to as the lower Court or below) delivered on 18th December, 2014, wherein the learned justices of the lower Court which affirmed the decision of the Kwara State High Court (the trial Court) delivered by Abdul Gafar J. on 11th February, 2014.

The appellant herein, was arraigned before the trial Court on four count charge as set out below:

"COUNT 1

That you Adeyinka Ajiboye, between September 2008 and July 2009 at llorin within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, being an Automated Teller Machine Custodian of Guaranty Trust Bank committed theft in the sum of ₦46,201,100 (Forty six million, two hundred and one thousand, one hundred Naira) in the possession of the Guaranty Trust Bank and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 28…

AJIBOYE V. FRN

AJIBOYE
V.
FRN