Ayantoyinbo Alade Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UDO UDOMA, JSC  The appellant was convicted of the murder of Oba Emmanuel Olajide Olayode in the High Court of the Western State, Ibadan, by Agbaje, J. His appeal to the Western State Court of Appeal against that conviction was dismissed. Against that order of…

F.O. Lukan Vs M. O. Ogunsusi (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report Prepared by A. ADEMOLA, C.J.N. & Delivered  by I. LEWIS, J.S.C. The appellant was the defendant in the High Court of the Western State in Ibadan where he was sued by the present respondent for a sum of 250 being general and special damages for…

Linus Ntibunka & Anor. V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SIR I. LEWIS,  J.S.C.  On the 31st of August, 1971, Balonwu, J., in the Owerri High Court convicted Linus Ntibunka and Cyprian Ejianu of the murder of Okwerenkedia U. Agwu in Charge No. HOW/8C/71, and on the 6th of January, 1972, we dismissed the…

J. O. Ojosipe V. John Dada Ikabala & Ors (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C.  This ruling concerns an application for: “(i) An order granting leave to appeal to the Supreme Court from the order of the High Court of Lagos made on Monday, 21st February, 1972 in Suit No. LD/967/71…

Titus Anom Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, JSC The appellant was convicted by Bassey, J., (High Court, Calabar) of murder and sentenced to death. It was alleged that on the 22nd October, 1969, at Abini in Biase in Calabar, he had murdered one Ogbodim Obona. The appellant was one of five…

J.O Ojosipe v. John Dada Ikabala & Ors (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report T. O. ELIAS, C.J.N.  This is an application on behalf of defendant/applicant for an order:- (i) for leave to appeal to this Honourable Court from a decision of the Lagos High Court made in the above matter on Monday, 21st February, 1972;…

Sule Momoh V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. S. SOWEMIMO, AG. J.S.C. The appellant was a Staff Sergeant in the Nigerian Army and was at the material time living at Ashanti Barracks, Apapa. He was charged in Charge No. LA/22C/71 with the murder of another Army Personnel, one Daniel Onoja, alias Daniel…

Nwinasuami Thompson Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC The appellant was tried in the High Court, Port Harcourt, on a charge of murder. He was alleged to have mudered one Baridom Ziidee at Kpaa Village, Ogoni, on the 11th day of March, 1971. The case for the prosecution was that the…

Philip Giwa Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, JSC. The appellant was charged on 21 counts of stealing and falsification of accounts. The evidence given by the prosecution at his trial portrayed a vivid story of frequent and continuous manipulations of the books and documents which in the course of his employment…

Olushegun Haruna & Ors Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C.  On 1st March, 1971, all the accused persons were convicted in the High Court of the North-Western State sitting at Sokoto by Mu’Azu Muhammad Ag. J., in Charge No. SO/8C/1970 containing twenty counts. Of these twenty counts, all five of them…