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Ambassador Akpang Ade Obi Odu V. Donald Etim Duke and Ors (2004) LLJR-CA

Ambassador Akpang Ade Obi Odu V. Donald Etim Duke and Ors (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report DONGBAN-MENSEM, J.C.A. The contentious issue before us is the propriety of the ratio decidendi of the trial tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) in setting aside the subpoena duces tecum it had issued to the 1st respondent to […]

Idris Rabiu V. The State (2004) LLJR-CA

Idris Rabiu V. The State (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report T. MUHAMMAD, J.C.A. The appellant and one Awalu Garba were charged and convicted of the offences of conspiracy and rape contrary to sections 97 and 283 of the Penal Code. Brief facts of the case are that on the 1st day of September 1996, at […]

Abdullahi Haruna & Ors V. Kogi State House of Assembly & Ors (2004) LLJR-CA

Abdullahi Haruna & Ors V. Kogi State House of Assembly & Ors (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report I.T. MUHAMMAD, J.C.A. The appellants herein, as plaintiffs at the Kogi State High Court of Justice, holden initially, at Obangede and later at Okene, (the court below), took out a writ of summons. The claims endorsed in both […]

Kerian Ikpara Obasi V. Mikson Establishment Industries Ltd. (2004) LLJR-CA

Kerian Ikpara Obasi V. Mikson Establishment Industries Ltd. (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MAHMUD MOHAMMED, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the ruling of the Kano State High Court of Justice delivered on 16-7-1999 in suit No. K/M/137/99. The respondent in this appeal was a judgment creditor in a judgment it obtained in a court […]

Agbonmwanre Omoregie V. The State (2004) LLJR-CA

Agbonmwanre Omoregie V. The State (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report PATRICK IBE AMAIZU, J.C.A. The appellant was convicted of murder, contrary to section 319 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Bendel State, applicable in Edo State. He was sentenced to death by the High Court of Justice, Edo State in the Benin Judicial Division. A […]

Michael Egbuziem V. Ambassador R. I. Egbuziem (2004) LLJR-CA

Michael Egbuziem V. Ambassador R. I. Egbuziem (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEREMI, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the ruling delivered by the High Court of Imo State sitting at Isiala Mbano in Mbano/Etiti Judicial Division in Suit No. HME/16/98 on the 27th April 1999. In the court below, the respondent who was the […]

James Chiokwe V. The State (2004) LLJR-CA

James Chiokwe V. The State (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MIKA’ILU, J.C.A. The appellant, James Chiokwe, was arraigned before the High Court, Enugu, on a charge of murder of one Dorothy Ibekwe (F), an offence under section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 30, Vol.11, Laws of Eastern Nigeria, 1963. At the trial eight witnesses […]

Emenite Limited V. Chief Columbus E. Oleka (2004) LLJR-CA

Emenite Limited V. Chief Columbus E. Oleka (2004) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGEBE, J.C.A. The respondent was employed by the appellant company in October, 1976. The appointment was to take effect from January, 1977. He rose through the ranks and became Finance Manager in August, 1989. The conditions of service governing the relationship between the […]