Chief Imam Y.P.O. Shodeinde & Ors V. The Registered Trustees Of The Ahmadiyya (1983) LLJR-SC
Chief Imam Y.P.O. Shodeinde & Ors V. The Registered Trustees Of The Ahmadiyya (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, J.S.C. Proceedings in this matter on appeal to this Court were commenced by a writ of summons filed in the High Court of Lagos State at Lagos on the 14th day of January, 1975. The claims […]
Hon. Patrick C. Onuoha V. Chief R.B.K. Okafor Chairman N.p.p. & Ors (1983) LLJR-SC
Hon. Patrick C. Onuoha V. Chief R.B.K. Okafor Chairman N.p.p. & Ors (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, J.S.C. At the conclusion of the addresses of counsel (for the parties) to this Court in this appeal on the 15th day of August, 1983, I dismissed the plaintiff/appellant’s appeal and I deferred my reasons till today. […]
Federal Electoral Commission V. Alhaji Mohammed Goni & Anor (1983) LLJR-SC
Federal Electoral Commission V. Alhaji Mohammed Goni & Anor (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ANIAGOLU, J.S.C. On 3rd August 1983, this Court dismissed the above appeal, with no order as to costs, and reserved the reasons for the judgment to be delivered on a later date to be notified to the parties. The notification fixed […]
Bronik Motors Ltd &anor V Wema Bank Ltd (1983) LLJR-SC
Bronik Motors Ltd &anor V Wema Bank Ltd (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAMANI, J.S.C. In this Suit which commenced in the High Court of Lagos State as Suit No. LD/404/80, the plaintiff (i.e. respondent herein) brought a claim against the defendants (appellants herein) in the following terms: “1. Specific performance of an agreement between […]
Daniel Ibanga V. The State (1983) LLJR-SC
Daniel Ibanga V. The State (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, J.S.C. This is a murder appeal. The only ground argued by counsel was substituted ground, which reads: “that the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law in convicting the accused of (in confirming the conviction of the accused of) murder when on the (circumstances […]
John Ikinbor Dweye & Ors V. Joseph I. Iyomahan & Ors (1983) LLJR-SC
John Ikinbor Dweye & Ors V. Joseph I. Iyomahan & Ors (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UWAIS, J.S.C. By a writ of summons taken out on the 9th June, 1970 by the plaintiffs (now respondents) from the former Mid-Western State High Court, at Benin the plaintiffs claimed against the defendants (now appellants) as follows: “1. […]
Samuel O.V. Igbe V. The Governor Of Bendel State & Anor (1983) LLJR-SC
Samuel O.V. Igbe V. The Governor Of Bendel State & Anor (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAI-WILLIAMS, C.J.N. The plaintiff (now appellant) was appointed a full-time member of the Public Service Commission of Bendel State on the first day of August, 1979, by the then Military Administrator of Bendel State. The appointment was for five […]
Ben. O. Oluwole V. Lagos State Development & Property Corporation (1983) LLJR-SC
Ben. O. Oluwole V. Lagos State Development & Property Corporation (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IRIKEFE, J.S.C. (Presiding) This purported appeal is struck out as no leave either of this Court or of the Court of Appeal had been obtained as required under section 213(3) of the Constitution to bring an appeal founded on grounds […]
Rev. Wilson Sabiya V. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur & Ors. (1983) LLJR-SC
Rev. Wilson Sabiya V. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur & Ors. (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IRIKEFE, J.S.C. If ever an appeal was lacking in merit, this was it. The petitioner, now appellant, filed this petition to challenge the return of the 1st respondent herein. The petition was based on a catalogue of electoral malpractices, which, in […]
Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim V. Alhaji Shehu Shagari & Ors (1983) LLJR-SC
Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim V. Alhaji Shehu Shagari & Ors (1983) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. The petitioner/appellant is dissatisfied with the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, which confirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court and thereby dismissing his own appeal. The petitioner in his petition set out various grounds of malpractices […]