AGBOROMA ITERAYE & ANOR. V. THE STATE

BELLO, J.S.C.: (Delivering the Leading Judgment ): The appellants were convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The Court of Appeal affirmed the convictions.

The facts found by the trial court show that the deceased in company of one other man were suspected to be thieves and were arrested by a crowd armed with cutlasses; both were led away by the crowd and their beheaded bodies were later discovered. The 1st appellant was identified by PW4 and PW12 as being one of the members of the crowd that held the deceased and led him away. A matchet stained with human blood was found in the house of the 1st appellant after the incident. The trial judge treated PW4 as an accomplice but found his evidence was corroborated by PW9 and the blood stained matchet. At the hearing of the appeal before us learned counsel for the appellant has nothing to urge in his favour. I am satisfied the appeal of the 1st appellant has no merit. It is dismissed.

In respect of the 2nd appellant, PW4 and PW7 who th…