Metal Construction (W.A) Ltd & Ors V. Mrs. D.A. Migliore & Anor (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.  On the 25th day of June, 1979 we dismissed this appeal and ordered – “1. That the Register of Shares showing the deceased member, Mr. Sergio Migliore as owner of 107500 shares of N2.00 each…

Dr. J.O.J. Okezie V. The Federal Attorney General & Anor (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. R. ALEXANDER, J.S.C.  The purported statement of claim and the purported claims in this matter are hereby struck out, counsel for the “plaintiff” having conceded that the Supreme Court of Nigeria has no jurisdiction in the matter under the…

J.O.O. Imana V. Madam Jarin Robinson (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. N. ANIAGOLU, J.S.C.  The defendant, who is the appellant in this appeal, by a Conveyance (tendered in evidence as Exhibit C and dated 12th October 1966), sold and conveyed a parcel of land, situate in Benin City, of which she alleged was seized…

Joseph Okosun V. The State (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. IRIKEFE, J.S.C. Before the Robbery and Firearms Tribunal of the then Mid-Western State of Nigeria (now Bendel State) the above appellant was charged as follows: “That you Joseph Okosun (m) on the 20th day of September, 1973 at Benin City in the Mid-Western State…

Nwafor Okegbu V. The State (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IRIKEFE, J.S.C. The Appellant herein was charged under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code (Cap. 30 – Laws of Eastern Nigeria) with having, on the 8th day of November, 1974 at Mata Obofia Awgu, in the Enugu Judicial Division, murdered one Oriaku Ojioma, alias Oriaku…

S. O. N. Okafor V. D. O. Ikeanyi & Ors (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, J.S.C.  The appellant in this appeal was the plaintiff in the High Court of the former East-Central State in which he claimed from the respondents, who were the defendants in the action, as follows: “In a daily newspaper called…

Chief Obafemi Awolowo V. Alhaji Shehu Shagari & Ors (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC. In an election petition presented to the Presidential Election Tribunal in Lagos following the declaration by one F.L.O. Menkiti, the returning Officer at the Presidential Election (now third respondent), that Alhaji Shehu Shagari had been duly elected President of…

Sylvanus Mortune V. Alhaji Muhammadu Gambo (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. This is an application for leave to appeal from the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal refusing to order a stay of execution of the order of the High Court of Lagos State made on 5th July, 1978, that the defendant/appellant…

Samuel Adaje V. The State (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IRIKEFE, J.S.C. After learned counsel for the appellant had addressed us in this appeal, and without calling upon learned counsel for the respondent in reply, we dismissed it and indicated that we would give our reasons later. This we now do. The appellant was tried…

Nathaniel Nasamu V. The State (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO, J.S.C.  Nathaniel Nasamu, a soldier by profession, was convicted of the murder of one Iyese Otutu by the Lagos High Court, (Bakare J.) in May 1977. He was accordingly sentenced to death. He appealed against the conviction and sentence to the Federal Court of…