AZBEK NIGERIA LIMITED V. ABUJA INVEST. & PROPERTY DEV. CO. LTD.

OGUNTADE, JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellant was the plaintiff in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/99/98 at the High Court, Abuja where it claimed against the respondent as the defendant for

“(1) The sum of N511,204 (Five hundred and eleven thousand, two hundred and four naira only being the cost of the repairs and renovation of plot 565, Wuse II, Abuja.

(2) The sum of N500,000.00 for breach of contract, legal fees and other inconveniences.”

The parties filed and exchanged pleadings after which the suit was tried by Bage, J. On 25/5/2000, the trial Judge in the judgment dismissed plaintiff’s suit. The plaintiff was dissatisfied with the judgment. It filed an appeal against it on ten grounds. In the appellant’s brief filed before this court, the issues for determination were identified as the following:

“1. Whether the learned trial Judge can be said to have satisfied the requirement for a good judgment as laid down by the Supreme Court in a number of cases and if not whether the jud…