NKIE
V.
FRN

(2014) JELR 39872 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.174/2011 · 9 May 2014 · Nigeria
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Nkie v. F.R.N. (2014) 13 NWLR (Pt. 1424) 305

CORAM

WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SULEIMAN GALADIMA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria BODE RHODES-VIVOUR Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria KUMAI BAYANG AKAAHS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria JOHN INYANG OKORO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

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appellant

plea

confessional statement

accused person

criminal procedure act

trial court

essentials of the offence

learned counsel

evidence act

exhibits

lower court

sentence of the appellant

commission of the offence

inspector general of police

learned trial judge

chemist report

conviction of the appellant

court of appeal

exhibit a

federal high court

guilty plea

sufficient cause

grammes of cocaine

leading judgment

port harcourt

exhibits a

jurisdiction of this honourable court

learned justices of the court of appeal

record of appeal

spite of the plea

allegation of criminal breach

cases of stephenson v

charge sheet

count charge

entry of a guilty plea

following exhibits

further submission of the learned counsel

legal consequences of a guilty plea

legal services

local government area of rivers state

lone issue

national drug law enforcement agency

paragraphs g

said submission

tender documents

unlawful possession of substances

JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On the 22nd August, 2008, at Zaakpim Road Junction in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested the Appellant for being in unlawful possession of substances suspected to be cocaine weighing 0.4 grams.

On 25th August, 2008, the Appellant made a statement to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officials wherein he confessed and admitted commission of the offence. At the end of investigation the Appellant was arraigned before a Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt in a one count charge which states:

"That you FRANCIS NKIE, male, adult on or about the 22nd day of August, 2008 at Zaakpim Road Junction, Khana Local Government Area Rivers State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court without lawful authority did knowingly possessed (sic) 0.4 grammes of cocaine, a narcotic drug and thereby committed an offence punishable under sectio…

NKIE V. FRN

NKIE
V.
FRN