TINUADE AKOMOLAFE-WILSON, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Niger State, Minna, delivered on the 6th day of June, 2018, in which the trial court dismissed the claim of the 1st Respondent, and also dismissed the appellant's counter claim.
The facts leading to this appeal show that the Appellant was a manufacturer and supplier of agrochemical products while the 1st Respondent was a distributor and wholesaler of the agrochemical products produced by the Appellant. The 2nd Respondent, was a sales representative of the Appellant. Sometime in 2015, the 1st Respondent was required to settle his debt as contained in this Statement of account of 2014 with the Appellant. The 1st Respondent complained that the debt he purportedly owed the Appellant was a farce. Hence, the 1st Respondent, as plaintiff, commenced this action by a Writ of Summons against the Appellant, as 1st defendant and the 2nd Respondent as 2nd defendant and also f…