MOHAMMED IBRAHIM SIRAJO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Before the Federal High Court, Lokoja, presided over by Ekwo J, the Respondent as Plaintiff, claimed against the Appellants as Defendants, the sum of Thirteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira only (N13,500,000.00) as special damages being the value of his Jeep; One Million Five Hundred Thousand naira (N1,500,000) for loss of use of the Jeep and rentage from August-31st October, 2011 as well as damages limited to Twenty Million Naira (N20,000,000.00) only.
The facts of the case as disclosed at the trial Court shows that while the Plaintiff was driving his Volkswagen Touareg Jeep with registration number FQ 922 ABC on 03/08/2011 at Opulega, along Ankpa-Ayingba highway, the 1st Defendant, now 1st Appellant who was driving a Police Van with registration number NPF 640C and marked “ANTI CRIME PATROL ANKPA DIVISION” on high speed dangerously and recklessly collided with the Respondent’s Jeep driven by the Respondent at the…