Case Law

Can words alone constitute provocation so as to serve as a defence to criminal liability?

Ahungur v. State [2019] 2 NWLR (Pt. 1657) 393 at 404, paras. F-G, per Galinje, JSC: “In Edache v. The Queen (1962) NRNLR 56, (1962) 1 SCNLR 122, this Court held that circumstances could exist when words alone could give rise to provocation, grave enough to deprive an offender power of self-control. But whether words […]