HASSAN ABUBAKAR V. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE YOBE STATE

JUMMAI HANNATU SANKEY, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Justice, Yobe State sitting in its appellate jurisdiction delivered on 10th September, 2021, Coram: U.Z. Mohammed, J. and K.B. Yusuf, J., wherein it affirmed the decision of the trial Chief Magistrate Court, Damaturu dismissing the no-case submission of the Appellant.

The facts leading to the appeal are concisely as follows: The Appellant was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Court Damaturu, along with three other accused persons, on a First Information Report for the offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating by impersonation, defamation of character and criminal intimidation under Sections 97, 392, 324 and 397 of the Penal Code. In proof of the allegations, the prosecution adduced evidence through eleven witnesses and nine exhibits. At the close of the prosecution’s case, Counsel for the accused persons including the Appellant, on their behalf addressed the tri…