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OKONKWO & ORS

(2026) JELR 115033 (CA)

Court of Appeal 30 Apr 2026 Nigeria
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- The dispute concerned the ownership of property at No. 36, Abeokuta Street, Anifowoshe, Ikeja, Lagos, which the appellant claimed to have purchased from the 1st respondent, allegedly acting as attorney for the 2nd respondent. - The High C

Case Details

Suit Number:CA/L/1153/2011
Judges:Joseph Eyo Ekanem, JCA Danlami Zama Senchi, JCA Uwabunkeonye Onwosi, JCA
Counsel:M. O. Maduka Esq. for the Appellant. F. A. Dalmelda Esq. for the 2nd and 3rd Respondents.
Other Citations:(2026) JELR 115063 (CA)

UWABUNKEONYE ONWOSI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Lagos State sitting at Badagry Judicial Division, delivered by HON. JUSTICE O.H. OSHODI on the 4th day of October, 2011 in Suit No. ID/2007/2000. The trial Court, on the 4th day of October, 2011, entered judgment for the 2nd & 3rd Respondents as per their counterclaim and dismissed the Appellant’s suit on the ground that the Appellant did not prove that there was a valid sale of the land in dispute to her and/or that she was entitled to the alternative reliefs. 

Dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial Court, the Appellant filed an Amended Notice of Appeal dated 10th May, 2017 on 23rd May, 2017. 

The facts underlying this appeal are straightforward and can be easily summarized thus: The 2nd Respondent (who was the 2nd Defendant at the trial Court) engaged the services of the 1st Respondent (who was the 1st Defendant at the trial Court) to manage its property at No. …

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