An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Monday discharged and acquitted a 26-year -old woman Sarah Ogah, charged with murdering her boyfriend, Friday Shehu.
The prosecution had on April 12, 2013, arraigned Sarah, on one count of culpable homicide.
Delivering judgment, Justice Peter Affen, discharged Ogah for lack of diligent prosecution.
Okeke held that the prosecution failed to prove his case beyond reasonable doubts, saying that the two prosecution witnesses were not present at the scene of the alleged crime.
He held that their testimonies and evidence had no bearing on the case, saying their evidence was not in relation to what they saw with their own eyes.
The Judge said their evidence as to how the deceased met his death or what directly caused it was controvertible and not admissible under section 126 (a) of the Evidence Act, 2011 to prove the cause of the death of the…
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