Chief Peter Adebayo Adene & Ors. V. Alhaji Inuwa Dantunbu (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UWAIS, J.S.C. The 1st appellant was the plaintiff in the High Court of kaduna State, holden at Kaduna. The respondent was the defendant to the action brought by the 1st appellant. By application made by the respondent, the 2nd to…

Union Beverages Ltd. V. Pepsicola International Ltd & Ors (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADIO, J.S.C.  The appellant, as plaintiff, instituted an action, in the Lagos High Court, against the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents, as defendants and the appellant’s claim was as follows: “1. A declaration that the 1st defendant’s letter dated 22nd December,…

Union Bank Of Nigeria Ltd. V. Professor Albert Ojo Ozigi (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADIO, J.S.C. The respondent, a customer of the appellant, in 1982, obtained a loan of N250,000.00 from the appellant to enable the respondent complete a restaurant in Ilorin. The terms under or subject to which the loan was granted were…

Salu V. Egeibon (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADIO, J.S.C In the High Court of Justice of Ogun State of Nigeria, Sagamu Judicial Division, the appellant instituted an action against the respondent for the following reliefs:- “1. A declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to statutory right of occupancy in respect of a piece or…

Ogugu & Ors. V. The State (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, C.J.N A very far-reaching constitutional question has been raised in this appeal. It is: Having stayed in prison confinement under a sentence of death for such an unreasonable length of time, from 28th February 1986 to date, it would amount to inhuman and…

Honika Sawmill (Nig.) Ltd. V. Mary Okojie Hoff (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONU, J.S.C.  In the High Court of the defunct Bendel State holden in Benin City, Arthur Morgan Hoff, a Swedish National, then living and working in Benin City as plaintiff, by an Amended Statement of claim, sued the defendant company (Honika Sawmil…

Ishau Olorunfunmi Ors. V. Bashiru Saka & Ors. (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report KUTIGI, J.S.C.  In this suit which began in the Ikeja Judicial Division of the High Court of Lagos State, the plaintiffs sued the defendants claiming the following reliefs:- “(a) A declaration that the 1st and 2nd defendants alone as members of the…

Nigerian Ports Authority V. Construzion General Farsura Cogefarspa (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. IBEKWE, J.S.C.  This is an appeal from the decision of J.I.C Taylor, Chief Justice delivered on 3rd of January, 1972. The plaintiffs’ amended claim against the defendants is as follows: “(a) 80,810:0s:0d. money payable by the defendants to the Plaintiff for…

Gbaniyi Osafile & Anor V. Paul Odi & Anor (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UWAIS, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Benin, which had on the 29th day of April, 1987 allowed an appeal by the defendants from the decision of Obi, J. sitting at Agbor in the…

F.O.M. Atake V. Chief Nelson Asigboro Afejuku (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, C.J.N. The Complainant was a judicial officer as a Judge of the High Court of the former Bendel State. He retired as such on 30th September, 1977. On the 11th of April, 1990, he instituted in the High Court of Lagos State…