ASSIBI MEABO AND ANOTHER vs. THE REPUBLIC

F.G. KORBIEH, J.A. The appellants were committed to stand trial for the offences of conspiracy to commit crime and rape by the Wa District Court. The proceedings at this committal stage can be seen on pages 7 to 9 of the record of appeal. Part of the record on these pages read as follows: “(At this stage, the Court should refer the accused to the requirements of section 131, in relation to alibis, and if necessary explain to him in simple terms the meaning of an alibi. The Court should then tell the accused that if his answer to the charge is an alibi he may give his explanation now, although he may not yet be able to name the witnesses by whom he proposes to prove it, giving notice of the witnesses later, within the time specified in the section.) Whereupon accused states as follows: A1 states that he did not commit the offence. A2 also says he was at the village but did not commit the crime. Both A1 and A2 also states (sic) that they were at the village but did go to tha.....