Ukaobasi Ajunwa Vs The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, Ag. C.J.N.  On the 30th day of June, 1988, this appeal was heard by this court and after considering the submissions of counsel for the parties in their briefs of arguments filed in this Court and those made at the oral hearing before us…

Bayo Adelumola V. The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. OPUTA, J.S.C. The Appellant Bayo Adelumola was arraigned before Okuribido, J. of the Lagos State High Court, on the 17th November 1983, on a charge of murder. The facts of the case lie within a comparatively short compass and are not very much in…

The State V. Collins Ojo Aibangbee & Anor. (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO, J.S.C.  This is an unusual appeal, in the sense that it is the prosecutor, and not the persons accused of the offence in the trial Court, that has appealed to this Court. In the Court of Appeal, the first Respondent herein…

Sunday Kajubo V. The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. WALI, J.S.C.  The Appellant, Sunday Kajubo was tried by Oshodi, J., of the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja Judicial Division on a two-count charge of robbery punishable under section 402(2)(a) of the Criminal Code Law, (Cap. 31), Laws of Lagos State. He was…

Mogaji Lasisi Atanda & Ors Vs Salami Ajani & Ors (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report CRAIG, J.S.C.  The plaintiffs claims in the High Court of Oyo State, holden at Ibadan were for: 1. Declaration of title according to Native Law and Custom to a piece or parcel of land situate at Isale Oje, Ibadan in…

Nathaniel Mbenu & Anor V. The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAMANI, J.S.C.  In Suit No. HCR/27C/82 in the Orlu Judicial Division of the High Court of Imo State, the appellants were charged with the following offence – “STATEMENT OF OFFENCE Murder contrary to Section 319 of the Criminal Code PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE Nathaniel…

H.N.O. Awoyegbe & Anor V. Chief J. E. Ogbeide (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. CRAIG, J.S.C. This is yet another case in the growing list of cases which has been accepted as establishing the customary law on land tenure amongst the Binis in Bendel State. Some two decades ago, it was decided in the…

Union Bank Of Nigeria Limited V. Alhaja Bisi Edionseri (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAEMEKA-AGU, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the Defendant Bank against the Judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, delivered on the 13th Day of June, 1985. For reasons which will become obvious later in this judgment, it is not…

Chief Otoola Atanda And Ors Vs Taiwo Akunyun And Ors (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELGORE, J.S.C.  In the High Court of Oyo State, sitting at Oyo, the plaintiffs, the entire members of Ogan Community, were represented by their leader, Chief Otoola Atanda, the Baogan of Okeho and Chief Adeniji Abese, the Abase of Baogan.…

Apostle Selede Esewe V. Chief Nelson Tebesagbeha Gbe & Ors. (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. OBASEKI, J.S.C.  Having heard the submissions of counsel for all the parties and read the Local Government Elections Decree, 1987 No. 37 of 1987, I uphold the preliminary objection raised by the 1st respondent and hold that as the…