AWOTOYE JCA(Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is the judgment in respect of an appeal filed against the judgment of High Court of Rivers State sitting at Port Harcourt in suit No PHC/38/2008. Between Mrs. Tafri and Ors. v. Executive Governor of Rivers State and Anor. The claim against the defendants/respondents is, as follows: (1) The claimants claim against the defendants the sum of N150,000,000.00 (one hundred and fifty million Naira) for the bereavement and benefits to the deceased’s estate arising from the negligence and recklessness of the defendants, their agents and servants on 17 October 2007 which resulted in the death of Mr. Michael Ogheneovo Tafri (deceased) on 24 October 2007.
(2) Claimants also claim the sum of N3,300,000.00 (three million, three hundred thousand naira) being the cost of burial/funeral expenses; and traditional burial rites of passage for the said deceased whose corpse is till lying at the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital, Port Harcourt where it was d…