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BAFARAWA & ORS

(2016) JELR 40585 (CA)

Court of Appeal 26 May 2016 Nigeria
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- The appellant, the prosecution in a pending criminal matter (SS/33C/2009), sought leave of the Sokoto State High Court to file further proof of evidence and an additional list of witnesses due to inadvertent omission during preparation, b

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Suit Number:CA/S/97C/2015
Judges:PAUL ADAMU GALINJE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria TUNDE OYEBANJI AWOTOYE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Chief J.E. Ochidi, Esq. For Appellant J. C. Shaka for the 2nd RespondentEmmanuel Toro SAN for the 8th RespondentA. I. Aderogba, Esq. for the 11th & 12th Respondent For Respondent

TUNDE OYEBANJI?AWOTOYE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is the judgment in respect of the appeal of the appellant filed on 30/12/2014 against the decision of Hon. Justice Bello Abbas of High Court of Justice Sokoto in SS/M213/2014 delivered on 5/11/2014.

On 10/9/2014, the appellant who was the complainant/applicant at the lower Court filed a motion on notice praying as follows:-

"An order granting leave to the complainant/applicant to file further proof of evidence of witnesses in case no. SS/33C/2009 pending before this Honorable Court in terms of the bundle documents numbered as pages 1,170-1,206 herewith attached and marked as Exhibit A.

An order granting leave to the complainant/applicant to file further list of witnesses intended to be called by the complainant/applicant in case no. SS/33/2009 pending before this Honorable Court in terms of EXHIBIT "B" numbered as page 1,207 herewith attached.

An order of this Honorable Court deeming the further proof of evidence as we…

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