JOSEPH OLUBUNMI KAYODE OYEWOLE, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is in respect of an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Akwa Ibom State, Eket Judicial Division delivered by EBIENYIE J. on the 11th March, 2013.
The appellant had taken out a writ at the trial Court to seek redress against the respondent who had allegedly cheated him out of a contract they supposedly secured together. His sole relief as per the said writ of summons dated 16th May, 2008 is as follows:
The Plaintiff's claim against the defendant is for the sum of ₦100m (One Hundred Million Naira) representing fair share of the profit and/or fair entitlement of compensation or commission due in favour of the Plaintiff's company, GORDON BASE VENTURE (NIG.) to secure approval of defendant's Work Plan for QIT Crude and Condensate Headers Interconnection Project And Tank 6704 Repair contract jobs for Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited in Ibeno sometime between December 5, 2003 and January 22, 2004.
The suit…