Controller General Of Prisons & Ors V. Elema & Anor (2021) LLJR-SC
Controller General Of Prisons & Ors V. Elema & Anor (2021) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, J.S.C. This appeal was commenced on 9/2/2018, when the appellants herein filed a notice of appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in appeal no. CA/B/169/2006 delivered on 22/11/2017, reversing the decision of the […]
Daewoo (Nig) Ltd V. Alamina & Anor (2022) LLJR-SC
Daewoo (Nig) Ltd V. Alamina & Anor (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, J.S.C. The instant appeal is a natural fall-out of the decision of the Court of Appeal, Port-Harcourt, Judicial Division, coram Ejembi Eko, JCA (as he then was), Modupe Fasanmi and Stephen J. Ada, JJCA, delivered on January 27th, […]
Christopher V. State (2022) LLJR-SC
Christopher V. State (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ADAMU JAURO, J.S.C. This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division wherein the Court dismissed the Appellant’s appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Niger State which found the Appellant guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under […]
C.o.p V. Ogor & Ors (2022) LLJR-SC
C.o.p V. Ogor & Ors (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C. The criminal matter that led to this appeal started at the Chief Magistrate Court, Apiapim-Obubra in Cross River State, and it has to do with the breaking of an “ancestral pot’, used by Ovanum People during traditional burial ceremonies. The […]
Ayorinde V. Kuforiji (2022) LLJR-SC
Ayorinde V. Kuforiji (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. The undisputed fact is that on 11th September, 1954, the three Kuforiji brothers, namely: Samuel Abraham Kuforiji, Herbert Frederick Afolabi Kuforiji and Hezekiah Christopher Olajide Kuforiji, jointly and as joint owners to the exclusion of their other brothers and cousins, executed a deed […]
Aviomoh V. C.o.p & Anor (2021) LLJR-SC
Aviomoh V. C.o.p & Anor (2021) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal Coram A. D. Yahaya, M.A.A Adumein and T. A Wilson JJCA delivered on 16/5/2014. The Hon Justices of the Court of appeal had upheld that part of the […]
Asuquo V. Udoaka (2021) LLJR-SC
Asuquo V. Udoaka (2021) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Calabar Division, Coram Victor Aimepomo O. Omage, JCA, Nwali Sylverter Ngwuta, JCA (as he then was) and Mojeed Adekunle Owoade, JCA, delivered on 22nd November, 2007 which set aside the […]
Asekere V. State (2022) LLJR-SC
Asekere V. State (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, J.S.C. The case of the Respondent is that PW1, Titilayo Adeyemo, knew the Appellant through a customer named Sylvester, for about 5 years before the incident because they used to buy goods from her. On 2/9/2011 at about 7 pm to 7:40pm, […]
Aroyame V. Governor Of Edo State & Anor (2022) LLJR-SC
Aroyame V. Governor Of Edo State & Anor (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN, J.S.C. The appellant herein was employed as an Executive Officer in the defunct Bendel State Public Service Commission on 1st November 1971. He rose to the position of Auditor General (Local Government), Edo State with effect from […]
Apc V. Enwerem & Ors (2022) LLJR-SC
Apc V. Enwerem & Ors (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ADAMU JAURO, J.S.C. This appeal is against the ruling of the Court of Appeal Abuja Judicial Division delivered on November, 2020 wherein the Appellant’s application for extension of time to appeal against the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory delivered […]