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ODEJIDE & ANOR
V.
AMCON

(2017) JELR 38202 (CA)

Court of Appeal 2 Mar 2017 Nigeria
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- The respondent (AMCON) initiated a debt recovery action at the Federal High Court, Ilorin, seeking judgment against the appellants for over N42 million and sought foreclosure on mortgaged property, among other reliefs, pursuant to the AMC

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Suit Number:CA/IL/86/2016
Judges:MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria CHIDI NWAOMA UWA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria HAMMA AKAWU BARKA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:O. W. Akanbi, Esq. with him K. A. Aminu (Mrs.) and O. A. Egbewole, Esq. For Appellant A. B. Sulu-Gambari, Esq. with him I. B. Ayegbami, Esq., RaheemIsmaila, Esq. and B. Malik, Esq. For Respondent

MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the decision of the Federal High Court, Ilorin Judicial Division, delivered by Honourable Justice R. N. OFILI-AJUMOGOBIA on the 7th June, 2016.

The Respondent had instituted a Suit against the Appellants jointly and severally at the Federal High Court, Ilorin Judicial Division on a General Claim Form and Statement of Claim under AMCON ACT which was filed on 14th of December, 2015 claiming the following Reliefs:-

a) AN ORDER granting judgment against the Defendants in the sum of N42,967,162.95 156,805.28K (Sic) (Forty-Two Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty Seven Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty Two Naira, Ninety-Five Kobo) being the debt owed the Claimant by the 1st Defendant as of 22nd June, 2015.

b) Interest at the rate of 15% per annum on the judgment debt against the Defendants with effect from 22nd June, 2015.

c) Interest at the rate of 15% per annum on the judgment debt against the Defendants, fro…

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