CONVICTION WILL BE QUASHED WHERE BASED ON HEARSAY EVIDENCE

This Court, per KEKERE-EKUN, JSC in the case of SIMEON v. STATE (2018) LPELR-44388(SC) Pg. 25-26 paras. B has held and I very much agree that: “The hearsay rule is to protect an accused person from being convicted upon the testimony of a witness who did not see, hear or perceive in any other manner, the facts given in his testimony. Where it is shown that the evidence relied upon to convict an accused person amounted to hearsay, an appellate Court would quash the conviction. See IJIOFFOR vs THE STATE (2001) LPELR-1465(SC) @ 19 B-F.”