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Friday, 4 April 2014

THOUGHTS ON SELECTED ISSUES ON EVIDENCE : THE FATE OF EVIDENCE NOT FRONTLOADED AND THOSE NOT SPECIFICALLY PLEADED



The role of evidence in trials can never be over emphasized. In both criminal and civil suits, evidence stands as the backbone of the trial; the foundation, upon which a party’s case is firmly built or otherwise. To have a solid case therefore connotes having the requisite pieces of evidence to nail it. His lordship, Ndukwe Anyanwu J.C.A while delivering the lead judgment in Kolo v. Lawan (2011) All FWLR (pt. 597) 725 at 744 defined