Brigadier General James Omebije Abdullahi V. Nigerian Army & Ors (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C. This Application for substitution raises a novel issue of whether Applicants can be substituted for the deceased Appellant, who had a pending criminal appeal, before his death on 22/10/2014. The Applicants acknowledge that the general…

Shugaba Umaru Gana V. Federal Republic Of Nigeria (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUMAI BAYANG AKA’AHS, J.S.C. The appellant who was the Chairman of Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State was charged along with Alkali Imam, a Chief Accountant in the Borno State Ministry of Finance for using his office to confer corrupt…

Mr. Newman Ighedo & Ors V. Power Holding Company Nigeria Plc (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the plaintiffs at the Federal High Court being dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos division delivered on the 15th day of December, 2004 which set aside…

Mr. P. T. Adedeji V. Dr. Moses Obajimi (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the Judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 14th day of June, 2007; coram: Afolabi Fabiyi, Musa Dattijo Muhammed, Amina Adamu Augie, JJCA., sitting at the Ibadan Judicial Division of…

Mrs. Linda Akiti V. Prince Oladimeji Oyekunle (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR, J.S.C. By way of a Motion on Notice filed on 8 March 2017 and brought under Order 8 Rule 8(4) and Order 2 Rule 31, of the Supreme Court Rules, and under the inherent jurisdiction of the Court, the appellant/applicant…

Fidelity Bank Plc V. The M.t. Tabora & Ors (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. The Appellant, as the Plaintiff at the Federal High Court, Lagos, in an action in rem against the ship M. T. TABORA, took out a Writ of Summons on 17th December, 2002. The Writ of Summons was…

Ecobank Nigeria Limited V. Anchorage Leisures Limited & Ors (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, or Court below or Lower Court, Coram: Sidi Dauda Bage, JCA (as he then was), Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji and Abimbola O. Obaseki…

Securities And Exchange Commission & Ors V. Christopher Okeke (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. On 29th March, 2013 the Appellants herein, who have brought the present application, filed their Notice of Appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, delivered on 29th January, 2013. The Record of Appeal…

Christopher David V. Commissioner Of Police Plateau State Command (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. The Appellant was charged and tried for culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Plateau State. At the trial he raised defences of self-defence and provocation which did not impress…

Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc V. Awmar Properties Limited (2018) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR, J.S.C. The respondent as plaintiff filed a suit under the undefended list at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Holden at Abuja, claiming the following reliefs: The Writ of Summons under the undefended list was supported…