UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Hon. Justice Salisu Garba of the High Court of the F.C.T., Abuja, delivered on the 26th of November, 2007, wherein the learned trial Judge held that the Defendant/Appellant's Affidavit in support of the Notice of Intention to defend the suit did not disclose any defence on the merit and entered judgment for the Plaintiff/Respondent.
The facts of the case as can be deduced from the records before this court is that on the 1st of August, 2006, the lower court granted the Plaintiff, the Respondent on this appeal, leave to issue, mark and place this suit, which was brought before the lower court, by a motion, ex-parte dated 30th March, 2006 and filed on the 5th of April, 2006, under the Undefended List, where the Plaintiff claimed against the Defendant as follows:
(a) The sum of N1,881,000.00 (One million, eight hundred and eighty one thousand naira) only, being debt owed by the Defen…