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AKPAN UKO EKPOISONG V. THE STATE

(2008) JELR 46839 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CA/C/156/2005  •  30 Apr 2008  •  Nigeria

Coram
VICTOR AIMEPOMO O. OMAGE JCA; JEAN OMOKRI JCA; MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE JCA;

Judgement

VICTOR. A. O . OMAGE. J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In this appeal the appellant in his brief filed on 12/4/06 seeks an order of reversal of the judgment of Justice E. E. Ita, delivered on 26/4/05. The 1st and 2nd accused person, who incidentally are husband and wife and parents of one Martha Okon Akpan were taken by information to the State High Court sitting in Calabar on a charge of the murder of one Martha Ukpai. The information is dated 25th October, 2004. Hearing in the charge commenced on 25th October and judgment of the court was delivered on 26th April, 2005. In this judgment of the court, the 2nd accused person Marta Okon Akpan was discharged and acquitted. The 1st accused Akpan Uko Ekpoisong was sentenced to death. It is against that judgment that the appellant has filed this appeal upon leave of the court having been granted; on the ground filed with particulars. The appellant formulated the following Issues for determination of the appeal, thus:

a) Was it theā€¦

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