UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): One Arthur Didem, who testified as PW1 was disposed of his car, a black Toyota Avensis along Ugborikoko Road, Delta State, by gun men who attacked him and snatched the car at gun point. On the 5th day of August, 2007, the Appellant who testified as the 3rd accused at the lower court, received a phone call by a certain Yerindideke Moses and another person by name Osamudiamen Enahoro stating that they had a car to sell. The Appellant then travelled from Lagos to Benin where he met the two men that called him at lyaro Park in Benin at about 8 p.m. The Appellant then fuelled the said car and drove it to Lagos that night. The said Toyota Avensis was later discovered by the Police, parked along the road at Dolphine Estate in Lagos. That after he drove the car that night to Lagos in company of the purported owner of the car, he discovered some discrepancies in the registration number plate and all the other numbers engraved on the w…
OLADELE AYODELE
V.
THE STATE
(2024) JELR 112676 (SC)
Supreme Court 21 Jun 2024 Nigeria
BriefBot Summary
- The Appellant, a purported car dealer, was found in possession of a black Toyota Avensis (registration number DT 755 WWR) stolen at gunpoint from the complainant along Ugberikoko Road, Delta State, on 13 August 2007; two days later, he re
Case Details
Suit Number:SC. 1017/ 2017
Judges:UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, JSC
HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, JSC
CHIDIEBERE NWAOMA UWA, JSC
STEPHEN JONAH ADAH, JSC
ABUBAKAR SADIQ UMA, JSC
Counsel:A. O. OJEKUDO, ESQ. for the Appellant with P. Ugonyak, Esq.
OLIVIA AGBAJOH, ESQ. for the Respondent with fiat of Att. Gen. Delta.
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