The Appellant was convicted and sentenced to serve 50 years in jail for the offence of rape. He was not satisfied with the conviction, he appealed in the High Court where he partly succeeded as the sentence was reduced to 30 years. Still aggrieved, he preferred the appeal to the Court of Appeal. He argued that the evidence of the complainant was not corroborated and that the death certificate of a witness before giving evidence was not tendered in court. He also argued since the age of the victim was shown to be 16 years, “voire dire examination” had to be conducted to ascertain her capacity to testify.