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CHAMI
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UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.

(2010) JELR 53680 (SC)

Supreme Court 25 Feb 2010 Nigeria
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- This is an appeal against a judgment of the Court of Appeal, which allowed the appeal of the respondent against the judgment of the High Court of Kano State. - The case involves a debt owed by Rasha Enterprises Ltd to Trade Bank Plc, whic

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Suit Number:SC.257/2003
Judges:ALOMA MARIAM MUKHTAR JSC WALTER S. NKANU ONNOGHEN JSC (Read the Lead Judgment) CHRISTOPHER MITCHEL CHUKWUMA-ENEH JSC MUHAMMAD S. MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE JSC
Counsel:S. E. Elema Esq. - for the Appellant. -*- Y O. Ali Esq. SAN (with him, Messrs Bayo Oyogbola, E. Onah, S. Oke; I. O. Atofarati and M Abdullahi - for the Respondent. C

ONNOGHEN JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, holden at Kaduna in appeal No. CA/K/93/2001 delivered on 14 April 2003 in which the court allowedthe appeal of the present respondent against the judgment of the High Court of Kano State in suit No. K/849/99 delivered on 19 July 2000 dismissing the case of the plaintiff/respondent herein. The suit started by way of an undefended list procedure in which the original plaintiff, Trade Bank Plc.claimed the sum of N171,452,649.52 (one hundred and seventy-one million, four hundred and fifty-two thousand, six hundred and forty-nine naira, fifty-two kobo) being the debt owed by Rasha Enterprises Ltd to it and guaranteed by the appellant. Following the filing of the necessary processes, the suit was, by order of court, transferred from the undefended list to the general cause list to be dealt with accordingly. Pleadings were consequently filed and exchanged. The case of the plaintiff w…

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