The Sketch Publishing Company Ltd. & Anor V. Alhaji Azeez A. Ajagbemokeferi (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report WALI, J.S.C.  In the High Court of justice of Oyo State, Ibadan Judicial Division, the Plaintiff sued the Defendants in Suit No. 1/259/78 claiming for damages for libel falsely and maliciously published of and concerning him in a…

Savannah Bank Of Nigeria Ltd & Anor V. Ammel O. Ajilo & Anor (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, J.S.C. This appeal deals with the interpretation and application of some of the provisions of the Land Use Act 1978. Since the promulgation of the Act by the Military Administration of General Obasanjo in 1978, the…

Ishola Karimu V The State (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UWAIS, J.S.C.  This case has a history of going forward and backward. The appellant was, firstly, charged with the murder of his mother in the High Court of Ogun State holden at Ilaro. He was tried and convicted of the charge on the 27th day…

Ezekiel Adekunle V. The State (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAMANI, J.S.C  The appellant herein was charged with murder contrary to Section 316(3) and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap. 30 Vol. 11 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria in that on or about the 26th day of January 1987, he murdered…

Patrick Ikemson & Ors Vs The State (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report On the 9th of December, 1982, one Emmanuel Abaraoha, a cashier with the National Trucks Manufacturers Ltd., Kano, was returning to the company’s factory from various banks where he collected the total sum of N10.507.00 on behalf of the company. He was sitting…

Philip Obiora V. Paul Osele (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, J.S.C.  On the 1st day of November, 1988, I allowed this appeal after hearing counsel to the parties both on the written briefs and in oral argument, set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal and remitted the case to the Court of…

Ayo Gabriel V. The State (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELGORE, J.S.C.  The appellant, Ayo Gabriel, was found guilty of murder after a trial at Owo in the High Court of Ondo State and sentenced to death. His appeal to the Court of Appeal, Benin Branch was dismissed. The accused was the husband of the…

Nathaniel Adedamola Babalola Kotoye V. Central Bank Of Nigeria & Ors (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report This appeal involves a question which has raised some serious furor in recent times, to wit: The question of ex parte orders of injunction. It touches an area of law which, in spite of numerous appellate decisions, appears to…

Peter Chinweze & Anor V. Veronica Masi (Mrs.) & Anor (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OPUTA, J.S.C.  This is a rather curious and intriguing case. The plaintiffs now appellants are claiming as “beneficiaries of the Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Chinweze deceased.” There is no dispute that the appellants are the children of Mrs. Elizabeth Chinweze…

Prince Eyimade Ojo & Ors. V. The Governor Of Oyo State & Ors. (1989) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAMANI, J.S.C.  In this Suit which commenced in Oyo Judicial Division of the High Court of Oyo State, the Plaintiffs claimed against the Defendants the following reliefs:- “1. Declaration that the 1956 Baale of Ilora Chieftaincy Declaration…