HAMMA AKAWU BARKA, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The respondent herein as Claimant before the lower court took out a writ of summons against the appellant herein, and by paragraph 12 of the statement of claim filed on the 10/11/2014 sought for the following reliefs.
“a. One Hundred Million Naira (
N100,000,000.00) being special, general, exemplary and/or aggravated damages for breach of express and/or implied banking contract existing between the claimant and the defendant in that the Claimant being a customer of the Defendant, operating a Saving Account No. 1002008 (but now re-christened as savings Account No. 0101-001-0002003) with the defendant, was, without sufficient prior notice or at-all, locked out and prevented from accessing his money when the defendant suddenly closed its doors to business on 31/3/14 by 12.00 noon well before the defendant’s usual closing time of 4.00pm.The claimant was thereby prevented from withdrawing the sum ofN40,000.00 for payment of his Prac…