Onukwube V. State (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C.  The Appellant, as the 2nd accused person, was charged and tried for the offence of armed robbery contrary to 1 (2) (a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap 111 LFN 2004. The particulars of the offence are that: the Appellant…

Oteri Holdings Ltd V. Oluwa & Ors (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C.  The land dispute that led to this Appeal calls into question the dichotomy between Nigerian Customary Law and the received English Law, in relation to land matters. In 1970, a dispute within the Oluwa Chieftaincy Family of Lagos…

Posu V. State (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. The Appellant, convicted and sentenced accordingly for the murder of Abel Afolabi has further appealed to this Court following the dismissal of his appeal at the Lower Court (the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division). This appeal is thus against the concurrent decisions of…

Samaila V. State (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. My lords, this is yet another appeal against the concurrent findings of guilt of an appellant by the two Courts below. By charge No: KB/HC/RF/14/2015, the respondent preferred a two count charge of Conspiracy and Armed Robbery Contrary to Sections 5(b) and…

Sani V. State (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR, J.S.C. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Makurdi Judicial Division, delivered on 21 December, 2016 which affirmed the 21 years sentence on the appellant by the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State for conspiracy and armed robbery contrary to…

Skymit Motors Ltd V. Uba Plc (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C. The Appellant, who was a customer of the Respondent at its Ikeja Branch, was granted several facilities at the interest rate of between 21% and 36%, from 11/2/1998 to 13/10/1999. When it discovered that the Bank imposed arbitrary and…

Umar V. Frn & Ors (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. This further appeal, filed on 12th December, 2014, is against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division (the lower Court) delivered on 13th November, 2014 was filed outside the 30 days period statutorily prescribed in Section 27(2)(b) of the…

Aleke V. Cop (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, hereinafter referred to as the Court below, affirming the decision of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, hereinafter referred to as the trial Court. The trial…

Ali V. State (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Jos division, delivered on 17/07/2018 – Coram:- Uchechukwu Onyemenam; Habeeb Adewale O. Abiru; Elfrieda O. Williams-Dawodu, JJCA which upheld the judgment of the High Court of Gombe State delivered by the…

SPDC (Nig) Ltd & Ors V. Agbara & Ors (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, J.S.C.  What prompted the forensic hostilities between the parties was the application of the first to the third appellants in Appeal No. SC.731/2017. Hereinafter, they shall, simply be referred to as ‘the applicants’. In the said application,…