The 3 Ingredients to Prove Armed Robbery in Nigeria

The 3 Ingredients to Prove Armed Robbery in Nigeria The case file landed with a thud. Inside were grainy photos from a roadside stop in Lekki, a victim's panicked statement, and a signed confession from a young man picked up two days later. To the police, it was an open-and-shut armed robbery case. Six months later in court, it fell apart completely. This happens more often than you think, because a confession is never enough. To successfully prove armed robbery in Nigeria, the prosecution must prove three specific ingredients beyond a reasonable doubt: that a robbery actually took place, that the perpetrators...

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