BELGORE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): I, on 4th day of March, 1993, dismissed this appeal and reserved the reasons for so doing to today, I hereby give the reasons.
On the 21st day of June, 1982, a lady by the name Titilayo Fatunbi went to cash a sum of ₦6,199.90 at a bank along Broad Street, Lagos. After collecting the money she hailed a taxi and asked to be conveyed to Apapa. She saw the driver alone in the car and was advised to take a back seat as the front door would not open. After moving a little from the front of the bank the driver stopped to pick up two men. On insisting that she was going to Apapa the driver told her that he wanted to go through Apongbon to link with the express way to Apapa. However, Instead of making a turn to climb the bridge onto the dual carriage-way to Apapa, the driver crossed into Victoria Island and thence to Apese on Lekki Peninsula. The appellant and his two friends now at large, stopped at Apese Beach and removed two strands of Titi…