MUHAMMAD, J.C.A.: (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the Guyuk Area Court, holden at Gombi in Adamawa State, the Plaintiff sued the Respondents claiming his two houses consisting of 6 and 3 rooms respectively, which he had earlier on entrusted in the 1st Defendant while he proceeded for medical treatment at Dambowa Local Government. The trial Court heard the claim and gave judgment in favour of the Plaintiff by administering oath on him that the Defendants were to pay him the sum of N11,180 compensation for the two houses.
The Plaintiff became aggrieved with that judgment, and appealed to the Gombi Upper Area Court (UAC). The Upper Area Court reviewed the case and altered the amount of the compensation awarded now to be in the sums of N20,000.00 and N15,000.00 for the two houses respectively. The Plaintiff/Appellant was further dissatisfied and appealed to the Adamawa State Sharia Court of Appeal (lower court). After going through the records of proceedings before it on appeal and…