TUNDE O. AWOTOYE, J.C.A.:(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is the judgment in respect of the appeal filed vide Notice of Appeal dated 27/1/2011 against the judgment of the Sharia Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto. The decision appealed against was delivered on 31/12/2010 in favour of the 1st Respondent in appeal No CA/SK/SCA/12/2011.
The plaintiff at the court of first instance was Hajiya Hadiza Buzuwa. Her claim before the Tudun Wada Lower Sharia Court reads thus:
"I am seeking this court to bear witness to and record the gift of a house that I have given to my daughter Hajiya Ummu Ibrahim:
The house is located in Kofar Kware and also length of 105 feet from west to east and a breadth of 118 feet; it has boundaries with Umaru Madugu on the west; BASHIR Musa on the east; Mallam Buhari Yahaya on the South and a main road on the north.
The house contains 30 rooms, 3 kitchens and 4 Toilets. I, Hajiya Hadiza Buzuwa, have given it free as a gift to my daughter Hajiya Ummu Ibrahim. I…