NIDOCCO LTD
V.
GBAJABIAMILA

(2013) JELR 35712 (SC)

Supreme Court 5 Jul 2013 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC.130/2004
Judges:MAHMUD MOHAMMED Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MUHAMMAD SAIFULLAH MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:Dr. M. Laden For Appellant Andrew Igboekwe Esq. For Respondent

NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTA, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At all times material to the proceedings from which this appeal arose, the appellant company was the registered owner of the property known as, and situate at, 26 Sobo Arobiodu Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos State. The appellant company and the property at No. 26, Sobo Arobiodu Street, Ikeja, Lagos shall hereinafter be referred to as the appellant and the disputed property respectively.

The Respondent herein, her former husband who testified at the trial Court as PW2 and a Mrs. Ebie who testified as PW1 constituted the entire shareholders and Directors of the appellant with the PW2 as its Managing Director at the institution of the suit in the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja Judicial Division. The parties herein are in agreement on the facts stated above.

As a result of issues bordering on the finances of the appellant, its Board of Directors passed a resolution to sell the disputed property. Mr. N. K. Gbajabiamila, who tes…

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