Chief S.O. Awoyoolu & Anor Vs Sufianu Yusuf Aro & Ors (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report S.M.A. BELGORE, JSC.  The appellants herein were the appellants at Court of Appeal having lost as defendants at Lagos High Court. The respondents as plaintiffs claimed that one Ogunbuwa, a hunter and farmer who hailed from Ile Ife,…

Raphael Ejezie & Anor V Christopher Anuwu & Ors (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNTADE, J.S.C This is an interlocutory appeal arising out of a suit which was commenced 32 years ago on 14-4-76. Remarkably, when on 17-4-96, the trial court gave the ruling which is the foundation of this appeal, the trial of…

Veepee Industries Limited V. Cocoa Industries Limited (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report T. MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. The claim of the appellant herein, who was the plaintiff at the Lagos State High Court of Justice, holden at Ikeja (trial court), as per the specially indorsed writ is for: “the sum of N553,316.08 (five hundred and fifty-three…

Abdullahi Ada Vs The State (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report I.F. OGBUAGU, JSC. This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division delivered on 10th December, 2003 dismissing the appeal of the Appellant and affirming his conviction and sentence of death by the High Court of Kebbi State in…

Mr. Mufutau Akinpelu V Ebunola Adegbore (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report NIKI TOBI, J.S.C. The applicant in a motion filed on 4th June, 2007 asked for the following reliefs: “1. An order for extension of time, pursuant to the provisions of Order 2 Rule 28(3) of the Supreme Court Rules 1999, within which to…

Chief M. O. Olatunji V. Owena Bank (Plc) & Anor (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUSDAPHER, J.S.C. The appellant herein was the plaintiff, he was an Owner of a Saw Mill Factory at Ado Ekiti. On the 13th of August, 1997, the first respondent herein appointed and instructed the second respondent a licensed auctioneer,…

Chief Etete S. Owoh & Ors V Chief Kingston U. Asuk & Anor (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MAHMUD MOHAMMED, JSC This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal Port-Harcourt Division. In the judgment delivered by that Court on 14th February, 2001, the Court set aside the decision of Woryi…

Dotun Fatilewa Vs The State (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report G, A, OGUNTADE, J.S.C. The appellant was the 2nd of two accused persons who were arraigned for the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death on 19-4-90 before Kusherki J. at the Abuja High Court. The accused persons were alleged to have caused the…

Shena Security Co. Ltd. Vs Afropak (Nig.) Ltd & Ors (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report T. MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. In a writ of summons taken from the High Court of Justice of Ogun State holden at Oha Judicial Division (trial court for short), the plaintiff made the following claim against the defendant: “[i] A declaration…

Chief Emmanuel Osita Okereke Vs Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adua & 2 Ors (2008) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report T. MUHAMMAD, JSC. The relevant facts in this appeal are that the appellant as petitioner at the lower court, filed his election petition containing four grounds challenging that the PAGE| 2 1st and 2nd respondents were not…