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IGWE
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THE STATE

(2024) JELR 113034 (SC)

Supreme Court 10 May 2024 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC/CR/730/2021
Judges:UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, JSC MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, JSC ADAMU JAURO, JSC TIJJANI ABUBAKAR, JSC EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, JSC
Counsel:Bamidele Ogundele, Esq, for the Appellant. Yusuf Olatunji Ogunrinde, Esq, for the Respondent.

ADAMU JAURO, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgement): This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, which allowed in part, the Appellant's appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Justice of Oyo State, which had earlier convicted him for the offences ·of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery.

A summary of the facts culminating in the appeal is hereby made as follows: The Appellant was charged with and stood trial for the offences of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery. Th Respondent as prosecution fielded three witnesses and tendered exhibits, while the Appellant as accused person testified alone in his defence without tendering any exhibit. The facts grounding the charge as narrated by the Respondent's witnesses were that on 11th September 2013, PW1 (the victim) went to Ecobank Limited, Idi Ape Branch, Ibadan, where he withdrew the sum of N1 million. After leaving the bank, he was driving his car when he was attacke…

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