4. Evidence of the lower Court crystallize that the appellant is not educated or
lettered, not to talk of being a lawyer.
GROUND SEVEN
The learned trial Judge erred in law when he held as follows:In the light of the entirety of the above evaluation of the evidence led in proof of
his charge by the prosecution, I hold that the prosecution by the totality of the
evidence adduced in this case has successfully discharged the burden of proving
the guilt of the accused in this charge beyond reasonable doubt.
PARTICULARS OF ERROR
1. The prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt through credible
evidence that the appellant and no other person raped the PW1.
2. The learned trial Judge did not consider evidence of the appellant to the fact
that Exhibit p3 was not obtained voluntarily.
GROUND EIGHT
The judgment of the lower Court is unreasonable and cannot be supported having
regard to the weight of evidence.
The appellant, in order to activate the prosecution of the appeal was armed with
the appellants brief of argument, dated and filed on 20th December, 2016. The
respondents brief of argument, was settled by I. I. Alobu, Esq., Director of Public
Prosecutions, Ministry of Justice, Abakaliki, (with F. N. Nteoma, Esq., Chief State
Counsel, J. U. Chukwu, Esq., Principal State Counsel, Miss Chinyere Anoke,