<p><strong>OGBUAGU, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment):</strong> This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal Port-Harcourt Division, delivered on 25th February, 2004, dismissing the appellant&#x27;s appeal to it, from the decision of the High Court, Ohafia Judicial Division presided over by Ekumankama, J.</p><p> Dissatisfied by the said decision of the Court of Appeal (hereinafter called &quot;the court below&quot;), the appellant has further appealed to this court on four (4) grounds of appeal. Without their particulars, they read as follows:</p><p> &quot;1. The learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred in law when they held that the defence of accidental discharge was not available to the appellant.</p><p> 2. The learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred in law when they failed to hold that there were material inconsistencies in the evidence. </p><p> 3. The learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred in law when they failed to determine and pronounce upon the third issue for determination in the appellant&#x27;s brief thereby …</p>