CaseLaw
Orimoloye V. State (1984) CLR 10(e) (SC)
Judgement delivered on October 18th 1984
Brief
Facts
The appellant in pursuance of the commission of robbery on the night indicated on the charge brought against him discharged a double-barrelled shot gun in the direction of P.W.1 and scored a hit. Some of the pellets in the cartridge injured P.W. 1 on his right hand. Thereafter some of the confederates of the appellant broke down the door of the Singer Machine shop and stole money and goods. P.W.1 and P.W.2 saw the appellant and gave testimony to that effect. In fact, after P.W.1 had received treatment for his gun¬shot injuries, he was taken by the police to the police station and as soon as he caught sight of the appellant, he pointed to him as the robber who had fired at him in the early hours of that day. The police recovered the spent cartridge at the scene of robbery.