M. BELLO, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant was convicted by Adewuyi, J., in the High Court, Makurdi, of culpable homicide not punishable with death under Section 224 of the Penal Code and was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
The charge stated that on or about the 11th April 1974, at Panda village the appellant caused the death of Chippi Liman by causing her such bodily injuries as was likely to cause her death. There was no eye-witness to the commission of the offence. The husband of the appellant and of the deceased (P.W.1) testified at the trial that on 11th April, 1974, the two wives had gone to the market together and the appellant later returned home without her mate; that when he asked the appellant of the whereabouts of the mate, the appellant replied after some silence that he should go and look for her. He stated that as he went to do so he found her dead on the road and he did not see anything around her. He made a report to the police. P.C. Idi Maga…