In a judgment just delivered, the court said it amounts to no issue to derogate the offence of conspiracy to commit a particular offence as ‘merely’ because the offence specified was not proved as required by law. This was the decision of the court’s five-member panel comprising: Justices Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili, Olukayode Ariwoola and Musa Dattijo Muhammad. The issue was a criminal appeal that bordered on the offence of conspiracy to murder which arose from the State High Court, Ogwashi-Ukwu, in Delta State, to the Court of Appeal, Benin which affirmed the conviction of the appellant on conspiracy to murder before he proceeded to the apex court to seek redress. The appellant and two others, in the case: Chibuzor Nkem Bouwor v. The State, were found guilty and convicted for the offence of conspiracy to commit murder of one Smart Okwute contrary to Section 324 Criminal Code Cap 21 Vol. 1, Laws of Delta State, 2006 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each with hard labour. Their appeal to the Court of Appeal was found unmeritorious and was consequently dismissed hence their further appeal to the Supreme Court. According to the appeal, the sole issue for determination considered by the Supreme Court was: “Whether having regard to the state of evidence before the trial Court, the lower Court (Court of Appeal), was right when it affirmed the judgment of the learned trial judge. “In a well-considered judgment, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal by Bouwor, as lacking in merit, while upholding the judgment of the two lower courts convicting and sentencing the accused for the offence of conspiracy to commit murder. The facts: The State filed an information against the Appellant and three others who were first arraigned before the High Court, Ogwashi-Ukwu in Delta State on a four-count charge of conspiracy to commit murder, membership of unlawful society and accessory after the fact to murder. The prosecution later substituted the charge and a fresh plea was taken. At the trial, the prosecution called five witnesses and each of the accused persons testified on their own behalf and called no witness.]]>