JUMMAI HANNATU SANKEY, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant, Savannah Sugar Company Ltd, entered into an agreement with the Respondent, Wabey Farms Ltd, on the 19th February, 1988 to take a sublease of 4000 hectares of its farmland for a period of twenty (20) years. Ingrained in the agreement were conditions for the Respondent Company to grow sugarcane on an increasing percentage of the land over a given period; as well as other conditions for sharing of the crop after harvest between the parties. The Respondent Company defaulted on the agreement, and the Appellant took over the farmland because of minimal performance on the part of the Plaintiff. However, following the intervention of the Bureau for Public enterprises in the affairs of the Respondent Company in the process of privatization, the Appellant Company was offered and it accepted the sum of ₦711,000.00 in full and final settlement of all his outstanding liabilities with the Respondent. The Respondent Company…
SAVANNAH SUGAR COMPANY LTD
V.
WABBEY FARMS LTD
(2013) JELR 35372 (CA)
Court of Appeal 31 Jul 2013 Nigeria
BriefBot Summary
- The case involves a dispute between Savannah Sugar Company Ltd (Appellant) and Wabey Farms Ltd (Respondent) over a sublease agreement for farmland. - The Respondent defaulted on the agreement and the Appellant took over the farmland. - Th
Case Details
Suit Number:CA/YL/43/2012
Judges:SOTONYE DENTON WEST Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
JUMMAI HANNATU SANKEY Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
IGNATIUS IGWE AGUBE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Idi Ali Esq. For Appellant
Yahuza Abdullahi Esq. For Respondent
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