WALI, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment) The claims of the appellant as set out in his Amended Statement of Claim are as follows:-
"(1) A declaration of the court that the plaintiff is not indebted to the first defendant to the sum of N736,812.29 as at 31st March, 1983.
(2) A declaration that the defendants were in error when they charged/debited the plaintiff's account with interest of N117,939.91 - calculated on disputed sum/debt from 5/6/81 to 3/3/83.
(3) A declaration of the court of the actual financial position of the plaintiff at the defendants' branch Gboko.
(4) An order of the court compelling the defendants to rectify their books of accounts to reflect the actual indebtedness of the plaintiff as at 31st March, 1983."
The respondent in answer to the Amended Statement of Claim filed an Amended Statement of Defence in which the crucial averments in the said Amended Statement of Claim were denied.
After pleading were settled, the case went to trial in which each side call…