Adambawa Jawfar v. The Hon. Attorney General – CA 118/2008-2017

In the case between Adambawa Jawfar (Accused-Appellant) and The Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed whether the conviction and death sentence of the Accused-Appellant for the murder of his wife under section 296 of the Penal Code should be upheld. It was determined that the appeal against conviction and sentence lacked merit as the evidence—including the deceased’s dying declaration attributed to the accused and corroborated by the circumstances—supported the conviction. The court reaffirmed that mere omission by the trial court to expressly discuss the dying declaration did not result in a miscarriage of justice. Reliance was placed on the Penal Code and established precedents regarding consideration of dying declarations and standard of proof in criminal p