ABIRU JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court of Kano State in suit No. K/128/ 2008 delivered by Honorable Justice Nura S. Umar on 7 July 2008. By a writ of summons dated 7 April 2008, the appellant, as plaintiff , commenced an action against the respondent, as defendant, claiming for:
The sum of N1,350,000.00 (one million, three hundred and f if ty tho usan d n aira) repr esen tin g th e agreed 5% commission fees. ii. General damages for breach of contract. iii. Costs of filing the action.
The case of the appellant was that sometime between the months of June and July 2007, he was instructed by the Manager and the Assistant Manager of the respondent at the Nicon Insurance House Branch of the respondent in Kano, for and on behalf of the respondent, to secure a suitable property around Kofar Ruwa Kano for outright purchase for the respondent’s Kofar Ruwa Branch Office in Kano. It was his case that he searched for, secured and introduce…