“It is settled law by statute and judicial pronouncement that the confessional statement of a co-accused is no evidence against an accused person who has not adopted the statement. That is to say, except an accused person adopts the confessional statement of a co-accused, the said -‘confessional statement cannot be used against him. See Ozaki & anor v. The State (1988) 1 SC. 109, (1990) 1 NWLR CPL 124) 92, Evbuomwam v. COP (1961) WNLR 257, The State v. Onyeukwu (2004) 14 NWLR CPL 893) 340, The State v. James Uwangwan (2015) LPELRR – 24837 (SC).” PER J. I. OKORO, J.S.C

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