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ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNMENT ANOR.
V.
GEMEX INTERNATIONAL LTD.

(2011) JELR 39994 (CA)

Court of Appeal 25 Jan 2011 Nigeria
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- This is an appeal against a judgment in a contract dispute case. - The plaintiff claimed wrongful termination of a construction contract and sought various sums of money as damages. - The defendants counter-claimed, alleging breach of con

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Suit Number:CA/A/160/2008
Judges:MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria REGINA OBIAGELI NWODO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:JEPH C. NJIKONYE with him is ISAAC ITA For Appellant K. O. FAGBEMI with him is B. A. Oyun For Respondent

JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA, J.C.A. (Delivering the leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in Suit No. FCT/HC/CV/500102 delivered on the 17th day of October 2007.

The Respondent who was the Plaintiff by an action commenced at the lower Court claimed against the Appellants per paragraph 30 of its amended statement of claim as follows:-

"(i) A declaration that the termination or purported termination of the contract for construction of Anambra State Multi-Purpose Liason Office Complex Abuja between the Plaintiff and the First Defendant is wrongful;

(ii) The sum of N72,075,008.00 as agreed and certified by the First Defendant being the sum for the additional works done at the Anambra State Multi-Purpose Liason Office Complex, Abuja by the Plaintiff;

(iii) The sum of N6,276,400.00 (Six Million, Two Hundred and Seventy-Six Thousand, Four Hundred Naira only) per month from August 2002 until the date of Judgment, which sum …

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