OGUNDARE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Both the plaintiff, Madam Fumike Ojo-Osagie and the defendant, Sunday Adonri are first cousins; the father of Sunday was a younger brother of Fumike's mother. Their parents are both dead. The two parents were both related to one Madam Igbinake Otote who died childless some years ago at Benin City. Madam Igbinake owned a small house on the land now know as 12, Mission Road, Benin. Adjacent to Madam Igbinake's house and thatched together with it was another small house owned by one Suberu, a native of Ife. Plaintiff's mother, Madam Ayenu Ojo-Osagie who was a niece to Madam Igbinake moved with her husband, Ojo-Osagie (plaintiff's father) from Akure to Benin and lived with her aunt, Madam Igbinake. Because of the care and attention Madam Ayenu gave to her aunt, the latter gave her thatched house to her niece as a gift inter vivos. Suberu decided to leave Benin for his home town Ife with his family and sold his house to plaintiff's father…
OJO-OSAGIE
V.
ADONRI
(1994) JELR 43384 (SC)
Supreme Court 17 Jun 1994 Nigeria
BriefBot Summary
- The dispute concerned possession and title to No. 12, Mission Road, Benin City, between first cousins: the plaintiff (Madam Fumike Ojo-Osagie) claiming inheritance through her mother and father, and the defendant (Sunday Adonri) claiming
Case Details
Suit Number:SC.143/1992
Judges:SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
MICHAEL EKUNDA YO OGUNDARE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
EMANUEL OBIOMA OGWUEGBU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:K. S. Okeaya - Inneh, S.A.N. (with him, J.O. Okeaya-Inneh (Miss For Appellant
Dr. M. Odje, S.A.N. (with him, Toyin Keshinro) For Respondent
Other Citations:Ojo-Osagie v. Adonri (1994) 6 NWLR (Pt.349) 131
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