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May 7, 2020 1:57 pm
"It is settled that in a charge of culpable homicide punishable with death the three (3) elements to prove or establish are -
I. That a particular human being had died in unlawful or unnatural circumstance;
II. That the accused person caused the unlawful death of the deceased; and
ill. That the accused person had the mens-rea, the criminal intent, for the unlawful killing.
See Maikudi v. The State (2013) 12 NWLR (pt. 1368) 403 at 409. -
PER E. EKO, J.S.C IN FATIMA SANI VS THE STATE Suit no: SC. 586/2017
Legalpedia Electronic Citation: (2020) Legalpedia (SC) 14110
Legalpedia Electronic Citation: (2020) Legalpedia (SC) 14110
