AWOTOYE JCA(Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is the judgment in respect of the appeal filed vide notice of appeal dated 27 January 2011, against the judgment of the Sharia Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto. The decision appealed against was delivered on 31 December 2010, in favour of the 1st respondent in appeal No. CA/SK/SCA/12/2011. The plaintiff at the court of first instance was Hajiya Hadiza Buzuwa. Her claim before the Tudun Wada lower Sharia Court reads thus: “I am seeking this court to bear witness to and record the gift of a house that I have given to my daughter Hajiya Ummu Ibrahim: The house is located in Kofar Kware and also length of 105feet from west to east and a breadth of 118 feet, it has boundaries with Umaru Madugu on the west, Bashir Musa on the east, Mallam BuhariYahaya on the South and a main road on the north. The house contains 30 rooms, 3 kitchens and 4 Toilets. I, Hajiya Hadiza Buzuwa, have given it free as a gift to my daughter Hajiya Ummu Ibrahim, I …