MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The respondent sued the appellant before the Upper Sharia Court 1, Samaru, Gusau claiming the sum of N6, 300, 000 (Six Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira) being debt the appellant is owing as a result of the materials he bought from her and refused to pay. When the claim was read to the appellant he admitted indebtness through his counsel in the following words: -
I met my client and he was not in dispute with the claim of the plaintiff against him which was to the tune of N6, 300, 000 with the promise that he will pay the sum of N2, 000, 000 within the next 4 weeks. By then, we shall meet with the plaintiff in order to reach an agreement as to how he will settled the remaining balance bearing in mind my client was a civil servant at the same time it was one of his friend that gave him his house to sale in order to settle this N2, 000, 000.
After several adjournments and upon appellants failure to make good his promise…