Let me stress here, My noble Lords, that Chief Mike Ahamba SAN, holds the view that the Court below ought to have discharged and acquitted his client, the appellant in the circumstance. It is my view that to do what he prayed for would to my mind amount to calling upon Court below or even this Court to learn towards technicalities, rather than doing substantial justice. This Apex Court had for quite a long time shifted its ground by the quest of doing substantial justice instead of allowing sheer technicalities to bear in its decisions. All other Courts in this country have since been following such trend as clearly manifested in the majority decision of the Court below in this instance case which approach truly speaking, highly commendable.
— Sanusi JSC. Onuwa Kalu v. The State (SC.474/2011, 13 Apr 2017)