PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – CONCURRENT FINDINGS – When the Supreme Court may interfere with concurrent findings of facts made by trial court and court of Appeal

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“The law is therefore settled beyond any doubt that the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of facts made by the trial Court and the Court of Appeal unless such findings are shown to be patently perverse; or are not supported by the evidence generated at the trial; or are reached as a result of apparent misapprehension of the law or evidence, or premised on legally inadmissible evidence. See: SELE VS THE STATE (1993) 1 NWLR (Pt.267) P.276 at 282 and IYARO VS THE STATE (1998) 1 NWLR (Pt.69) P.256. See also Re: MOGAJI (1986) 1 NWLR (Pt.19) 759; SALAMI VS THE STATE (1988)3 NWLR (Pt.85) 670; MBENU VS THE STATE (1988) 3 NWLR (Pt.84) 615” Per TIJJANI ABUBAKAR, JSC in PATRICK EZERIKE V. THE STATE (2022-LCER-46643-SC) at P. 31; Paras. A-D.

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PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – CONCURRENT FINDINGS – When the Supreme Court may interfere with concurrent findings of facts made by trial court and court of Appeal

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