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MISS CHINYE A.M. EZEANAH V. ALHAJI MAHMOUD I. ATTA

(2004) JELR 45034 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  SC.226/2000  •  27 Feb 2004  •  Nigeria

Coram
SYLVESTER UMARU ONU JSC; ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH JSC; UMARU ATU KALGO JSC; NIKI TOBI JSC; IGNATIUS CHUKWUDI PATS-ACHOLONU JSC;

Judgement

TOBI, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant and the respondent were in love, or should I say were in some romance. The appellant was the plaintiff in the High Court. The respondent was the defendant. I do not know when the love or romance started. It could be in 1991. It could be earlier. It could be later. Paragraph 3 of the statement of defence seems to say 1991. The appellant said in her evidence that it was in 1993. Let me not attempt to settle that quarrel. I have more serious quarrels to settle. After all, the date of the love or romance is not really important. The important thing is that things started falling apart. When, I do not know. But I think the affair packed up in 1998. Appellant said so. She said she got married in 1998; not to the respondent. When the relationship was on, appellant went to England in 1994 for further studies. The respondent was in Nigeria. He made the London visits. It would appear the love or romance continued when the appellant was …

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