DENTON-WEST JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Ondo State sitting at Akure Division delivered on 8August 2012 granting the respondent’s claimin the main. The respondent herein as the plaintiff at the trial court brought this action by writ of summons dated 11 June 2009 and filed on 14 October 2009,and amendedstatement ofclaim dated5 July2012 against the appellant as defendant at the trial court, for the following reliefs: A declaration that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff to the tune of N311,503,947.51k (three hundred andeleven million, five hundred andthree thousand,nine hundred and forty-seven naira, fifty-one kobo) being uncredited forex in flows , unexplained debit and credit entries, inconsistent bank balances and unauthorized withdrawals from the plaintiff’s current account No. 304008044 with the defendant and calculated interest arising therefrom.
A declaration that the plaintiff is not indebted to the def…