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IYANDA
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THE STATE

(1982) JELR 40792 (SC)

Supreme Court 14 Jan 1982 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC.64/1979
Judges:AYO GABRIEL IRIKEFE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MOHAMMED BELLO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria CHUKWUNWEIKE IDIGBE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANDREWS OTUTU OBASEKI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AUGUSTINE NNAMANI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:Mr. Ike Okoye For Appellant Mr. D. A. Adeniji, Ag. Director of Public prosecutions, Oyo State For Respondent
Other Citations:IYANDA v. THE STATE (1982) 1-2 S.C. (REPRINT) 1

A. G. IRIKEFE, J.S.C.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant herein deliberately hacked his brother to death and when he was satisfied that the said brother was really and truly dead, he thereafter, also deliberately and calmly dragged the dead body to a nearby bush and returned to barricade himself in his room. From the safety of this barricade he began to issue threats to take on all comers. It was in this state, that the police came to flush him out and disarm him. He obviously had no defence to the charge of murder. The Court of Appeal was right in dismissing his appeal and both counsel in the case were also right in agreeing with the decisions of the last two courts. This appeal is accordingly dismissed and the conviction and sentence recorded by the trial court are affirmed.

M. BELLO, J.S.C.: I agree the appeal has no merit and it should be dismissed.

C. IDIGBE, J.S.C.: I agree that there is no merit in this appeal and I would also dismiss the same. The appeal is dismi…

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