S. O. N. Okafor V. D. O. Ikeanyi & Ors (1979) LLJR-SC

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) LLJR-SC

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) LLJR-SC

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) LLJR-SC

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) LLJR-SC

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 […]

Sele Eyorokoromo V. The State (1979) LLJR-SC

Sele Eyorokoromo V. The State (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, JSC The principal question for determination in this appeal is whether from the circumstances of the case the Court of Appeal was right in ordering a retrial of the appellants after that court had declared their trial in the High Court a nullity. The […]

Harry Akande V. General Electric Company & Ors (1979) LLJR-SC

Harry Akande V. General Electric Company & Ors (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ANIAGOLU,J.S.C. Leave to appeal against the Ruling of the Federal Court of Appeal dated 12th December, 1978, in the above case, was granted to the plaintiff/applicant on 7th March 1979, and after hearing argument of counsel on either side, this court, on […]

Samuel Oguebie & Anor V. Chukwudile Odunwoke & Ors (1979) LLJR-SC

Samuel Oguebie & Anor V. Chukwudile Odunwoke & Ors (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report K. ESO, J.S.C. This appeal first came before this Court on 8th November, 1976. Earlier on, that is on 3rd November 1976, the appellants had filed a notice of motion for leave to file and argue additional grounds to the seventeen […]

Adekunle Odunsi & Ors V. Ademola Odunsi (1979) LLJR-SC

Adekunle Odunsi & Ors V. Ademola Odunsi (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. This matter came before the Court as an application for leave to appeal under the Constitution (Amendment) (No.2) Decree No.42 of 1976, section 117(4). Mr Sogbesan, learned counsel for the applicants, drew our attention to the grounds on which the application […]

Obianwuna Ogbunyiya & Ors V. Obi Okudo (1979) LLJR-SC

Obianwuna Ogbunyiya & Ors V. Obi Okudo (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, J.S.C.  The Honourable Mr. Justice Philip Nnaemeka-Agu (Nnaemeka-Agu J.C.A.) of the Federal Court of Appeal, who in June 1977, was a Judge of the High Court of Anambra State, on the 17th day of June, 1977 in the Onitsha Judicial Division of […]