ABIMBOLA OLUSEGUN AKINLEYE & SEDAB REAL ESTATE AND LOGISTICS NIG. LTD. V. MIKE OMERI & ROCKSTORM NIGERIA LIMITED
(2024) JELR 112535 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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CA/ABJ/500/2020
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3 Jan 2024
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Nigeria
Coram
E. O. WILLIAMS-DAWODU, JCA
MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA, JCA
BINTA FATIMA ZUBAIRU, JCA
Appearances
Mr. Kelvin Nnamdi Okoro for Appellant.
Mr. Ayodeji Ademola with Mr. Emmanuel Obetta for Respondent.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>E. O. WILLIAMS-DAWODU, JCA (Delivering the Leading in Judgment): </strong>The Appellants being aggrieved by the Judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in Suit No. CV/1187/2016 delivered on June 2nd 2020 by Hon. Justice M. B. Idris wherein the Appellants were ordered to pay back money to the Respondents for the purchase of the land, subject matter of the appeal.</p><p style="text-align: justify">The following were the claims of the Appellants which the Court below refused and rather found in favour of the Counter-Claim of the Respondents:</p><ol><li><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>"An order of Court compelling the defendants to release forthwith the Ford Ranger with Registration No. AGL 625 AQ Engine No: PCA 388239 and Chasis No: 6FPPXMJ2PCA38239, property of the 1st</strong> <strong>Plaintiff seized by the Nigerian Police Force Area 10 at the prompting and charging of the 1st Defendant wherein continuous seizure of same is oppressive and illegal.</strong></p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>An order of Court mandating the defendants to pay the plaintiffs the sum seventeen Million Naira only (N17,000,0…</strong></p></li></ol>