CASES CONNECTED TO PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SECURITY OF NIGERIAN CHILDREN AND WOMEN – 4

OGIDI AND ORS. V THE STATE

Security of lives, property and households – Women and armed robbery – How treated

OHAMUO V. THE STATE

Access to water in rural community and implications for security of lives and justice administration – Murder of girl-child who went to fetch water by a person with disorder of thought – How treated

OJE V. THE STATE

Constitutional and Human rights- Security of lives – Guesome murder of woman for ritual purposes – How proved – Attitude of court thereof

OMOGHENE AJARIA V THE QUEEN

Women/Children and Security – Murder of Baby – Refusal of mother to put baby down on the directive of assailant who wanted to kill mother – Verbal abuse of assailant by mother – Whether constitutes defence of provocation at law

OYAKHIRE V STATE

Children/Women and Crime/Justice Administration – Security and Policing – Women/children as direct and Indirect victims of crime – Rogue police personnel who brutally murdered innocent citizens, perpetrated armed robbery on the highway and committed arson with impunity – Girlfriends of armed robbers and safekeeping of crime booties – Attitude of courts thereto

“This case represents the height of man’s inhumanity to man. The Appellant and his co-accused police constables employed by the nation to protect the lives and properties of its citizenry embarked on this unlawful mission and in their brazen brutality terminated the lives of these five innocent and defenceless victims, with unimaginable damages to their loved ones and families back at their various homes. The case demonstrates the regrettable reality that the numerous police check points along our highways only give the citizenry a false sense of security.” Per Tabai, JSC

OZANA UBIERHO V THE STATE

Security of Women with disabilities – Young People in Crime – Gruesome murder of a hunchback mother by young boys for ritual purposes – minors and criminal conviction – 14 year old as accused person after alleged collaborators died in prison or were subsequently  released on no case submission – Effect of age of convict on sentencing proceedings for capital crimes – How treated

“From all parameters of this case on appeal to this court, the facts show convincingly that the appellant was both directly (from his confessional statement) circumstantially and inferentially (from the evidence of the prosecution witnesses) neck deep in the brutal murder of the [deceased]. His sole aim was to use the hunchback to prepare medicine. Such a primitive and primordial concept and belief that is asinine, revolting and nauseating in the extreme bespeaks of the nadir our people have sunk in their inordinate and demonic desire to make money” – Per Pats-Acholonu, JSC

PRINCEWILL EYO ASUQUO & ORS. V. MRS. GRACE GODFREY EYO & ANOR.

Security of homes and properties – Armed robbery and women/children – Attitude of courts thereto

SUNDAY OFFOR & ANOR. V. THE STATE

Women in Business – Security and Armed Robbery – Crime and Employee relations – Relevant considerations

TRIMSKAY NIGERIA LIMITED v. MRS. MUTIAT BANKOLE-OKI

Widows – Women and Justice Administration – Women and Security of Lives, Family lives and Communities – Wife and daughter who witnessed the brutal assault and kidnap of husband/father from which he was never seen again alive – Critical role as eye-witnesses – Implication for justice administration

UDO  V. THE STATE

Protection of women – Mother killed by son

UDOFIA  V. THE STATE

Women and Security – Murder – Matricide – Accused decapitating head of his mother while she was asleep – How treated

UGBO  V  THE QUEEN

Young Persons and access to critical healthcare – Attack of insanity/mental blackout on 18 year old – Recourse to herbalist – Implication for security of lives, justice administration and family wellbeing – Young women and security of lives/limbs – Young woman grievously assaulted by mentally ill brother – How treated

UKAOBASI AJUNWA V. THE STATE

Children and Safety of Neighbourhood – Playground injury – Bodily injury occasioned by an air-gun shot by a youth towards 4 children playing noisily and refusing to desist from so doing after warning – Whether defence that there was no intention to cause bodily harm availed accused person

WILLIAMS  V. WILLIAMS

Women and Security/Murder – Witchcraft cases – Elderly woman killed because of belief that she was responsible for negative misfortunes which befell her accuser – How treated

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