“…as the West African Court of Appeal held in Ejukolem v. Police (1952) 14 WACA 161, a retrial should not be ordered for the purpose of enabling the prosecution to prepare their case anew and bring new evidence which they omitted to call at the previous trial.”

Per LIONEL BRETT, JSC in ADISA V. THE STATE (1964) LCER-309(SC) (P. 1, Paras E – F) #