"The vexed question of retraction of confessional extra judicial statements, by accused persons, has engaged the attention of our Courts over the years. Generally, it is settled law, that there is no evidence stronger than a person's own admission or confession of his complicity in the offence for which he is arraigned in Court for trial. Therefore, the Court can convict on such a confession by an accused person. Golden Dibie & Ors. v. The State (2007) 3 SCNJ 160. And there is nothing esoteric or strange about resiling from or denying/retracting a confessional statement by an accused person. It is not unnatural that at the earliest phase of the commission of an offence, the sense or feeling of guilt weighs more on the mind of the offender, but with passage of time, his mind gets toughened again which invariably leads to an afterthought and eventual retraction of the earlier confessional statement that was made by him. Hence, soon after the offence, their consciences are more pricked and so they are goaded to be truthful in their extra-judicial statements. The important thing of consideration for the Court, is that if it is convinced that the confession of guilt was freely and voluntarily made and the Court is satisfied as to its truth, the accused person can be convicted on it. Akpan v. The State (2001) 15 N.W.L.R. (pt. 737) 745. The above notwithstanding, the Supreme Court had held in a plethora of authorities to the effect that it is expedient and desirable that where an accused person has denied making the confessional statement, the trial Court should look for some evidence, however slight, outside the confession to confirm that it was a true confession. Emmanuel Nwaebonyi v. The State (1994) 5 N.W.L.R. (pt. 343) 138; Effiong v. The State (1998) 8 N.W.L.R. (pt. 562) 362; Golden Dibie & 2 Ors. v. The State (2007) 3 SCNJ 160 at 171 - 172; Osetola v. The State (2012) ALL FWLR (pt. 649) 1020; Osuagwu v. The State (2013) 1 S.C.N.J 33 at