Oladapo V. State (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, J.S.C. This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure, dated 15 January 2014, affirming the trial Court’s judgment against the appellant. The appellant was tried and convicted by the trial Court for murder and sentenced to death by…

Onwuzulike V. State (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C.  At the High Court of Anambra State, sitting at Otuocha, the appellant was tried and convicted for the offence of kidnapping contrary to Section 315(1)(b) of the Criminal Code Law of Anambra State (as amended in 2009). He was sentenced to life imprisonment.…

State V. Ahmed (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the State, against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja division delivered on 17th day of March, 2016 wherein the appeal by the respondent was allowed and the judgment of the trial Court, which convicted and sentenced…

Tonimas (Nig) Ltd V. Chigbu (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C.  The parties herein have been in series of protracted disputes. The instant dispute, the subject of this appeal, was before the Magistrate’s Court of Imo State sitting at NSU. The present dispute is all about how the appellant, a tenant of…

Ugwu 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, Enugu division given on Friday 20th December, 2013. The appellant and one other had earlier been arraigned before the Enugu State High Court, sitting at the Nsukka Judicial division, on 21/07/2003.…

Uzodinma & Anor V. Ihedioha & Ors (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN, J.S.C. The 1st appellant and the 1st respondent were candidates of the 2nd appellant (APC) and the 2nd respondent (PDP) respectively in the Governorship Election conducted in Imo State on 8th March, 2019 along with 68 other candidates.…

Warri Refining & Petrochemical Co Ltd V. Gecmep Nig. Ltd (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN, J.S.C.  This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Benin Division, delivered on 5th July 2017, dismissing the appellant’s appeal against the ruling of the trial Court delivered on 11/8/2015 in respect…

Abubakar V. Frn (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, J.S.C. My Lords, this is one of those appeals, disingenuously, agitated by counsel with full knowledge of its futility. I will explain this further in the course of this short judgment. The appellant was arraigned before Allagoa, J., at the Federal High Court,…

Abubakar V. Michelin Motor Tyre Services Ltd (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR, J.S.C. The Respondent is a company engaged in the manufacture of tyres, while the appellant is a businessman. In 1989, the appellant entered into a dealership contract with the respondent. That is to say the appellant became a motor tyre…

Anya V. Anya & Ors (2020) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, J.S.C. The Appellant as Plaintiff at the trial Court is the 1st son of late Oji Anya who died in Enugu on 16/6/2004 while the original 1st Respondent was the mother of the Appellant with others, who was the surviving…