ALHAJI MUSA WALI V. SULEIMAN WAKILIN IBRAHIM

OKUNOLA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Kano State Sharia Court of Appeal holden in Kano delivered on 4/10/91.

The facts of this case which has been laid out by the Sharia Court of Appeal judgment on appeal is briefly put as follows:

This suit originated from the Upper Area Court No.2 Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano in a suit number 10/86 dated the 3rd day of March, 1986 where the plaintiff, Sulaiman, standing on behalf of Ibrahim Wudil sought for the inheritance of the late M. Sirake, which they succeeded and which included a house situate at No. 106, Sani Mainagga. He said he was suing Isyaku and 6 others. He stated that Sirake was a cousin to his father Ibrahim as they shared the same grand father. In other words Ibrahim, the plaintiff and Sirake were first cousins. They have same grand father, Adamu while the defendants, Isyaku and his brothers are grand children to Sirake's brother, called Salihu. After the trial, the court entered judg…