A. I. KATSINA-ALU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This case originated in the High Court of Plateau State Judicial Division in suit No. PLD/J210/90. The plaintiff Roda Yassin in that suit had claimed against the defendant Joseph Saliba as per paragraph 20 of the Amended Statement of Claim as follows:
"WHEREFORE the plaintiff claims against the defendant the sum of N2,997,000.00.
PARTICULARS:
Second hand value of the Bohler Quarry Drill Rig and Hammer N200,000.00;
Second hand value of the Ingersoll Rand Compressor N150,000.00 Cost of
transporting the equipment to Kaduna N2,000.00; Loss of use of the equipment from
May 1985 to the date of filing of the writ N2,645,000.00.
In the alternative the plaintiffclaims from the defendant
the sum of N2,997,000.00
PARTICULARS:
The return of the Ingersoll Rand Compressor in the condition
in which it was Second hand value of the Bohler Quarry Drill Rig and
Hammer N200,000.00
Cost of transporting the equipment to Kaduna N2,000.00
Lo…