"RECOGNITION" AND "IDENTIFICATION"

“In Ndidi Vs The State (supra) at 653 B-F, His Lordship Aderemi, JSC made a distinction between "recognition" and "identification" as follows:

"Recognition…..presupposes prior knowledge of the appellant before 4.1.00. but identification connotes knowledge of the person of the appellant acquired by PW1 for the first time on the day of the incident"

His Lordship noted that "recognition is one of the guidelines laid down in R.Vs Turnbull (supra) wherein it was held inter alia:

"Recognition may be more reliable than identification of a stranger, but even when the witness is purporting to recognise someone whom he knows, the jury should be reminded that mistakes in recognition of close relatives and friends are sometimes made"

• PER K.M.O.KEKERE-EKUN,J.S.C IN GENERAL COTTON MILL LIMITED VS TRAVELLERS PALACE HOTEL LER [2018]SC. 217/2013