Titus Anom Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, JSC The appellant was convicted by Bassey, J., (High Court, Calabar) of murder and sentenced to death. It was alleged that on the 22nd October, 1969, at Abini in Biase in Calabar, he had murdered one Ogbodim Obona. The appellant was one of five…

J.O Ojosipe v. John Dada Ikabala & Ors (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report T. O. ELIAS, C.J.N.  This is an application on behalf of defendant/applicant for an order:- (i) for leave to appeal to this Honourable Court from a decision of the Lagos High Court made in the above matter on Monday, 21st February, 1972;…

Sule Momoh V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. S. SOWEMIMO, AG. J.S.C. The appellant was a Staff Sergeant in the Nigerian Army and was at the material time living at Ashanti Barracks, Apapa. He was charged in Charge No. LA/22C/71 with the murder of another Army Personnel, one Daniel Onoja, alias Daniel…

Nwinasuami Thompson Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC The appellant was tried in the High Court, Port Harcourt, on a charge of murder. He was alleged to have mudered one Baridom Ziidee at Kpaa Village, Ogoni, on the 11th day of March, 1971. The case for the prosecution was that the…

Philip Giwa Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, JSC. The appellant was charged on 21 counts of stealing and falsification of accounts. The evidence given by the prosecution at his trial portrayed a vivid story of frequent and continuous manipulations of the books and documents which in the course of his employment…

Olushegun Haruna & Ors Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C.  On 1st March, 1971, all the accused persons were convicted in the High Court of the North-Western State sitting at Sokoto by Mu’Azu Muhammad Ag. J., in Charge No. SO/8C/1970 containing twenty counts. Of these twenty counts, all five of them…

B. O. Famuyiwa Vs Folawiyo & Ors (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C.  On 27th November, 1959, Isaac Fafiolu (5th P.W.), a motor driver in the Ministry of Agriculture, Western Region, was driving one of the Ministry’s vehicles (identification No. 009856) from Ilaro to Abeokuta. The plaintiff (now appellant) then a 3200(pounds) per annum…

Sule Iyanda Salawu V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report T. O. ELIAS, C.J.N.  On February 24, 1971, the accused was at the Oshogbo High Court convicted by Ogunkeye, J., of the murder of one Ramota Abeo and sentenced to death. His appeal to the Western State Court of Appeal was dismissed and the…

United Nigeria Insurance Co V. Muslim Bank (West Africa) Ltd (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ELIAS, C.J.N.  In suit No. LD/597/67 in the High Court of Lagos, the plaintiffs claimed against the defendants the sum of 550 pounds as damages suffered by the plaintiffs from the defendant’s negligence in failing to make inquiries about a…

Ilu Garba Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, AG. JSC. We now give our reasons for dismissing this appeal which was heard on the 5th of April, 1972. The accused was charged with culpable homicide punishable with death contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code. The particulars of the charge were…