KABIRU MOHAMMED LIYAFA & ANOR V. ABDULMALIK ZUBAIRU & ORS

TUNDE O. AWOTOYE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is the judgment in respect of the appeal filed by the appellants on 22/8/2012 vide their Notice of Appeal.

The 6 grounds of appeal (shorn of the particulars) are:-

"GROUND 1

The decision of the trial court is unreasonable, unwanted, and unsupportable and against the weight of evidence adduced.

GROUND 2

The learned trial Judge misdirected himself and consequently arrived at a wrong decision which has occasioned a grave miscarriage of justice when he held that: -

"Though exhibits 3 and 4 were exhibited in support of the Originating processes, no court order was exhibited in respect of the motion No.ZMS/GS/M.121/2012 and that there was no submission in respect of the court order drawn up as regards to the said Motion. A party can be held liable to disobedience of a court order, if the conduct precedes the order of court. In the latter situation, there is no disobedience because there is in law and in fact nothing to disobey…