His Highness Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi (Alafin Of Oyo) & Ors V. A-g., Oyo State & Ors. (1984) LLJR-SC
His Highness Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi (Alafin Of Oyo) & Ors V. A-g., Oyo State & Ors. (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, C.J.N. (Presiding): The Honourable the Chief Justice of Nigeria who presided over this panel agreed with the majority view at conference in this case and thus his vote is for the majority. IRIKEFE, […]
State Civil Service Commission & Anor V. Alexius Ikechukwu Buzugbe (1984) LLJR-SC
State Civil Service Commission & Anor V. Alexius Ikechukwu Buzugbe (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ANIAGOLU, J.S.C. An incident occurring towards the end of a thirty years career of the respondent who was a Civil Servant under the Bendel State Government produced a chain reaction which has sparked off these proceedings in which the respondent, […]
Chief R.O. Nkwocha V. Governor Of Anambra State & Ors (1984) LLJR-SC
Chief R.O. Nkwocha V. Governor Of Anambra State & Ors (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO J.S.C. In the High Court of Justice, Anambra State, holding at Enugu, the plaintiff in this case instituted an action against the defendants wherein his claim is as follows “1. A declaration that section 28 of the Land Use […]
Rasaki Aremu V. The State (1984) LLJR-SC
Rasaki Aremu V. The State (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IRIKEFE, J.S.C. The appellant was convicted of the murder of the deceased in the Ogun State High Court sitting at Abeokuta by Abimbola, J. and sentenced to death. On appeal to the Court of Appeal, both the prosecution and the defence stated that they had […]
Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu V. Dr. Edwin Onwudiwe & Ors.(1984) LLJR-SC
Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu V. Dr. Edwin Onwudiwe & Ors.(1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO, J.S.C. The petition of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who contested for the Onitsha senatorial seat and lost, was for both the nullification of the election and declaration of the petitioner – Ojukwu – as the duly elected senator for the […]
Justin Oamhen V. The State (1984) LLJR-SC
Justin Oamhen V. The State (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, J.S.C. The appellant was convicted of the murder of his brother by the High Court of Bendel State and the Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction. The evidence accepted by the trial court shows that the appellant apparently because the brother had refused to […]
Oludayo Olowofoyeku V. The State (1984) LLJR-SC
Oludayo Olowofoyeku V. The State (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, J.S.C. This is a case of premeditated murder. The appellant inflicted several cuts with a matchet on his wife and she died on the spot. He committed this savage act because the wife had instituted divorce proceedings against him and had refused to refund […]
Owosho V. Dada (1984) LLJR-SC
Owosho V. Dada (1984) ANIAGOLU, J.S.C. This is an appeal brought by one of the land owning families of Lagos, namely, the Bashua Family, in a case in which the respondent, Michael Adebowale Dada, took out an action in the Ikeja Judicial Division of the High Court of Lagos claiming for “An order to set […]
Robert Ugiakha V The State (1984) LLJR-SC
Robert Ugiakha V The State (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, J.S.C. For no apparent reason the appellant cut a girl of 10 years old with a matchet and she died as the result. The defence of the appellant was that he did not know what he was doing when he was cutting the girl […]
George Okafor & Ors. V. Eze A.e. Idigo Iii & Ors. (1984) LLJR-SC
George Okafor & Ors. V. Eze A.e. Idigo Iii & Ors. (1984) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI J.S.C. The parties to this appeal have been locked in litigation over a piece of land called Otuocha for a period of over 50 years. Since 1933, four actions have been instituted in the superior courts of record […]