Samuel O.V. Igbe V. The Governor Of Bendel State & Anor (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAI-WILLIAMS, C.J.N. The plaintiff (now appellant) was appointed a full-time member of the Public Service Commission of Bendel State on the first day of August, 1979, by the then Military Administrator of Bendel State. The appointment was for five…

Ben. O. Oluwole V. Lagos State Development & Property Corporation (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IRIKEFE, J.S.C. (Presiding) This purported appeal is struck out as no leave either of this Court or of the Court of Appeal had been obtained as required under section 213(3) of the Constitution to bring an appeal founded on grounds…

Rev. Wilson Sabiya V. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur & Ors. (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IRIKEFE, J.S.C. If ever an appeal was lacking in merit, this was it. The petitioner, now appellant, filed this petition to challenge the return of the 1st respondent herein. The petition was based on a catalogue of electoral malpractices, which, in…

Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim V. Alhaji Shehu Shagari & Ors (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. The petitioner/appellant is dissatisfied with the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, which confirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court and thereby dismissing his own appeal. The petitioner in his petition set out various grounds of malpractices…

Joseph Afolabi & Ors V. John Adekunle & Ors (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ANIAGOLU, JSC In this case on appeal, the contending parties have based their claims to the land in dispute upon derivative titles. The central issue, which the learned trial judge resolved in favour of the plaintiffs, was whether the land was…

M. O. Oloyo V. B. A. Alegbe (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO J.S.C.  By an originating summons, the appellant M. O. Oloyo, an elected member of the Bendel State House of Assembly, as plaintiff in the Benin High Court, presided over by Ogbobine J., sought- a declaration- that the Speaker of the State House…

A.G Of Bendel State V. A.G Of The Federation & Ors (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UWAIS, J.S.C.  The National Assembly enacted the Allocation of Revenue (Federation Account etc.), Act, 1981 (No.1 of 1982) (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 1 of 1982”) as contemplated by section 149 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic…

Chief Jim Ifenyichukwu Nwobodo V. Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh & Ors (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.  This appeal was brought to this Court from the Federal Court of Appeal, Enugu. The judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, given unanimously, set aside the judgment given by a High Court of Anambra State sitting…

Paul Iyorpuu Unongo V. Aper Aku & Ors. (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UWAIS, J.S.C.  Both the appellant and the 1st respondent were candidates in the governorship election that was held in Benue State on 13th August, 1983. The 1st respondent was declared winner by the 3rd respondent. Consequently the appellant brought an election petition…

H. R. Sanyaolu V. Mrs Shola Coker & Anor (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ANIAGOLU J.S.C. The competing parties’ interests,giving rise to opposing claims by the appellant and the respondents, in respect  of a plot of land, described by the plaintiffs as “a corner piece”, along Haastrup Street! Ayilara Street, in Suru-Lere, Lagos, (hereinafter referred…