This is supported by the case of R V FRANCIS KUFI 1960
WNLR 1 wherein the accused was charged with indecent assault
on a girl of ten years of age. The accused having admitted to the
father of the girl just as the case herein, it was held that the
admission of the offence by the accused to the father of the girl
was sufficient corroboration. This case was referred to in IKO V
STATE PER IGUH JSC (2003) 3 ACLR 76. See also R v
Rice (1963) 1 QB 857 quoted in Iko v State (supra) per
Katsina-Alu JSC.
Similarly, in the case of THE QUEEN V. OBLASA (1962) 1
All N. L. R. 651, it was held that if a person makes a free and
voluntary confession which is direct and positive and is
properly proved, he may be convicted on the confession alone
without any further evidence.
I find as a fact and hold that the accused person’s confession is
direct and positive and property proved.
In the case of JAMES OBI ACHABUA V THE STATE
(1976) 12 S. C. 63 the Supreme Court held that confession
alone even without corroboration can support a conviction so
long as the court is satisfied of the truth.
In the light of the above and further to Section 180 (1) and (2), I
find as a fact that the evidence of PW 1 has been sufficiently
corroborated by the witnesses and I so hold.
The case of AREBAMEN V. THE STATE (1972) 4 SC 35
supports my view which I have also relied upon provides:“Corroboration evidence is evidence of some material
particular implicating an accused person in the commission
of the offences alleged.”
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