MAMMAN
V.
SALAUDEEN

(1998) JELR 45714 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/K/174/M/96 · 14 Jan 1998 · Nigeria
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Mamman v. Salaudeen (1998) 2 NWLR (Pt.539)

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UMARU ABDULLAHI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ATINUKE OMOBONIKE IGE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

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application

applicant

respondent

court

defendant

case

statement of claim

supreme court

j.c.a

substantive appeal

above mentioned meeting

amendments

following words

high court

learned trial judge

mallam m.t. mamman

new paragraphs

qualified privilege

real question

a.a. salaudeen

akpata jsc

appellate court

branch manager

consideration of the justice of the case

contention of the learned counsel

copy of the proposed amended statement of claim

duty of a judge

exercise of its power

findings of fact

following orders

full trial

further take notice

hearing of any action

honourable court

kaduna state high court

learned counsel

letter of today 28th january

main issue

occurrence of substantial injustice

person of mr. m.t. mamman

proposed amended statement of claim

record of appeal

result of compulsory bribe

said letter

second meeting

short circuit

such further order

ABDULLAHI, J.C.A: (Delivering the Leading Ruling): The applicant is the respondent in the substantive appeal. He filed this application on Notice seeking for the following orders:-

1. "AN ORDER for leave to amend the plaintiff's (now Respondent's/Applicant's in this court) statement of claim contained in pages 3 to 7 of the Record of Appeal to this court by adding new paragraphs 3(a) and 5(a) as set out in the Schedule below and contained in Exhibit A attached hereto and re-numbering paragraph 3 and 5 of the statement of claim to read paragraphs 3 and 3(a), 5 and 5(a) respectively.

3(a) That the defendant published the words in paragraph 3 above to a typist in town and the auditors of Trade Bank Plc also saw it.

5(a) That the defendant told live (5) people who were in attendance in the above mentioned meeting among whom was the defendant's brother, Alhaji Abdul'aziz Salaudeen that the plaintiff took bribe of over N600.000.00 (Six hundred thousand naira).

2. AN ORDER deeming the propo…

MAMMAN V. SALAUDEEN

MAMMAN
V.
SALAUDEEN