On 6/6/80, she was at Akpanyan Village. While she was lying down she heard someone raise an alarm, shouting She got up and saw the accused standing naked without his clothes and trousers on. That was unusual. As a precautionary measure, she took her two children to the bush and hid them there She came back to meet the appellant, armed with and holding a big stick. She saw the accused/appellant hit Ana his daughter with the stick on the right hand and injured her. She is now paralysed in the right hand. Another girl, Aniya Nawa, the daughter of P W 4 who was with Ana was the next victim. The appellant hit her on the head with the big stick and she fell down and died PW4 said she had never seen appellant behave in such abnormal way before. PW5 Nawa Zaki identified the deceased to the Doctor PW1 Later PW3 came to arrest the appellant. He met the appellant tied to the chair on which he was sitting looking blank into space and at them. On seeing his condition, PW3 took him to the General Hospital Lokoja. From there, he was admitted to the psychiatric hospital. He spent 3 months there and a report was sent to the Magistrate before whom he was charged. Following the psychiatric report, the Magistrate discharged the appellant.

He was subsequently convicted by the High Court and the Court of Appeal affirmed his conviction and sentence of death, whereupon he appealed to the Supreme Court.