Sunday Nwosu Vs Board Of Customs & Excise (1988) LLJR-SC
Sunday Nwosu Vs Board Of Customs & Excise (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report CRAIG, J.S.C. At the Federal High Court holden at Ibadan, the Appellant was charged on two counts with the following offences: “Count 1That you, SUNDAY NWOSU on or about the 3rd day of March, 1985 at about 10.55 hrs, along Igbett/Ilorin road, […]
Karimu Olujinle V. Bello Adeagbo (1988) LLJR-SC
Karimu Olujinle V. Bello Adeagbo (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAEMEKA-AGU, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division. In point of fact, it is an appeal against the concurrent decisions of three courts, each of which had found against the appellant. In the Ibadan City No.2 Grade […]
Oguma Associated Companies (Nigeria) Ltd V. International Bank For West Africa Ltd. (1988) LLJR-SC
Oguma Associated Companies (Nigeria) Ltd V. International Bank For West Africa Ltd. (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. O. AGBAJE, J.S.C. The Plaintiff Bank, International Bank for West Africa Ltd. sued the Defendant Company Opuna Associated Company (Nig.) Ltd. in a Warri High Court in Bendel State. By its original writ of summons filed in […]
Ukaobasi Ajunwa Vs The State (1988) LLJR-SC
Ukaobasi Ajunwa Vs The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, Ag. C.J.N. On the 30th day of June, 1988, this appeal was heard by this court and after considering the submissions of counsel for the parties in their briefs of arguments filed in this Court and those made at the oral hearing before us […]
Bayo Adelumola V. The State (1988) LLJR-SC
Bayo Adelumola V. The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. OPUTA, J.S.C. The Appellant Bayo Adelumola was arraigned before Okuribido, J. of the Lagos State High Court, on the 17th November 1983, on a charge of murder. The facts of the case lie within a comparatively short compass and are not very much in […]
The State V. Collins Ojo Aibangbee & Anor. (1988) LLJR-SC
The State V. Collins Ojo Aibangbee & Anor. (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO, J.S.C. This is an unusual appeal, in the sense that it is the prosecutor, and not the persons accused of the offence in the trial Court, that has appealed to this Court. In the Court of Appeal, the first Respondent herein […]
Sunday Kajubo V. The State (1988) LLJR-SC
Sunday Kajubo V. The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. WALI, J.S.C. The Appellant, Sunday Kajubo was tried by Oshodi, J., of the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja Judicial Division on a two-count charge of robbery punishable under section 402(2)(a) of the Criminal Code Law, (Cap. 31), Laws of Lagos State. He was […]
Mogaji Lasisi Atanda & Ors Vs Salami Ajani & Ors (1988) LLJR-SC
Mogaji Lasisi Atanda & Ors Vs Salami Ajani & Ors (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report CRAIG, J.S.C. The plaintiffs claims in the High Court of Oyo State, holden at Ibadan were for: 1. Declaration of title according to Native Law and Custom to a piece or parcel of land situate at Isale Oje, Ibadan in […]
Nathaniel Mbenu & Anor V. The State (1988) LLJR-SC
Nathaniel Mbenu & Anor V. The State (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAMANI, J.S.C. In Suit No. HCR/27C/82 in the Orlu Judicial Division of the High Court of Imo State, the appellants were charged with the following offence – “STATEMENT OF OFFENCE Murder contrary to Section 319 of the Criminal Code PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE Nathaniel […]
H.N.O. Awoyegbe & Anor V. Chief J. E. Ogbeide (1988) LLJR-SC
H.N.O. Awoyegbe & Anor V. Chief J. E. Ogbeide (1988) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. CRAIG, J.S.C. This is yet another case in the growing list of cases which has been accepted as establishing the customary law on land tenure amongst the Binis in Bendel State. Some two decades ago, it was decided in the […]