“We are in agreement with Counsel that it is the duty of the Judge, under the law, to pronounce the manner in which the sentence was to be carried out, and failure to do so might raise an apprehension that the execution could be carried out by any other means, as for example by poisoning, drowning or any other means; but as it is clear that the only mode of execution known to our law is by hanging by the neck till the convict is dead, we are unable to accept that any other mode of execution was contemplated by the Judge.”

Per ADETOKUNBO ADEGBOYEGA ADEMOLA, JSC in GANO V. THE STATE (1968) LCER-480(SC) (P. 2, Paras D – D)