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FIDELIS UGWU
V.
THE STATE

(2025) JELR 114552 (SC)

Supreme Court 21 Feb 2025 Nigeria
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- The appellant was convicted along with two others by the High Court of Niger State for armed robbery under section 1(2)(a) and (b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, following the armed robbery of a vehicle and valuable

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Suit Number:SC/CR/408/2020
Judges:HARUNA SIMON TSAMMANI, J.S.C. (Read the Leading Judgment) HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, J.S.C. (Presided) EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, J.S.C. OBANDE FESTUS OGBUINYA, J.S.C. MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, J.S.C.
Counsel:Philip K. Emmanuel, Esq. (with him, D. M. Ottanwa, Esq.) -for the Appellant Usman Sanni, Esq. on the fiat of Attorney General, Niger State- for the Respondent

TSAMMANI, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The judgment the subject of this appealed was delivered by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on the 29th day of May, 2020. By the said judgment, the Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction of the appellant along with two others by the Niger State High Court of Justice sitting in Minna delivered by A.L.B. Bwari, J on the 22/6/2018. The conviction of the appellant was consequent upon his arraignment on a one count charge which reads as follows:

“That you Jemilu Shehu, Fidelis Ugwu, Abubakar Yakubu on or about the 15th day of January, 2015 at F - Layout Area, by Yusuf Datti Road, Minna, Niger State, Minna within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court while armed with a gun and knife attacked one Arch. Umar Muhammed Bawa who was with his friend, one Maimuna Yusuf Datti in his Toyota Camry Muscle Vehicle with Registration No. KNT 43 HD worth N6.2 Million containing many valuable items, namely:- three Samsung Galaxy handsets, one Noki…

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