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(2018) JELR 39486 (CA)

Court of Appeal 23 Feb 2018 Nigeria
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- The dispute arose between siblings over the proceeds of Federal Government disaster relief compensation for a jointly owned family property at No. 111 Ahmadu Bello Way, Sokoto, damaged during the 2011 post-election violence. - The plainti

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Suit Number:CA/S/9/2017
Judges:HUSSEIN MUKHTAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Solomon Alimasunya For Appellant Ibrahim Abdullahi with him, A.B. Auwal For Respondent

MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Sokoto State High Court coram Justice D. B. Sambo delivered on 31/3/2016 entering judgment in favour of the plaintiff. The plaintiff by an endorsed Writ of Summons taken out on 20/10/2014 claimed against the Defendant as follows:

1. The sums of N4, 500, 000.00 (Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) being the sum due and payable to the plaintiff by the Defendant out of the sums of N27,000,000.00 (Twenty Seven Million Naira only) paid to the Defendant on behalf of the family by the Federal Ministry of Works and Urban Development Abuja as Disaster Relief Assistance in respect of the property situate at No.111 Ahmadu Bello Way Sokoto which is a family property in which the plaintiff and the Defendant both have equal and joint interest in.

2. The sums of N93, 333:00 (Ninety Three Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty Three Naira only) being the sums due and payable to the plaint…

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