CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – DEFENCE OF ACCIDENT – Meaning of accident

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“This Court has variously construed an accident to be an event which is a result of an unwilled act and without the fault of the person alleged to have caused it. See Aliu Bello & 13 Ors v Attorney General of Oyo State (1986) 5 NWLR (pt. 45) 828; Oludamilola v State (2010) 8 NWLR (pt. 1197) 565 at 581.” Per OKORO, JSC in AKPAKPAN v. STATE (2021-LCER-40459-SC) (Pp 44 – 45 Paras F – A)

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