Pleadings and oral evidence

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• OKULEYE V. ADESANYA (2014)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  6 June 2014

  Summary of Okuleye v. Adesanya outlining key decisions made by the Supreme Court of Nigeria regarding chieftaincy succession.

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  • Burden of proof→
  • Chieftaincy succession→
  • Concurrent findings of fact→
  • Declaratory relief→
  • Perpetual injunction→
  • appointment by traditional kingmakers→
  • chiefs law, cap. 20, laws of ogun state, 1978, section 15(1)(a)→
  • chiefs law, cap. 20, laws of ogun state, 1978, section 15(1)(d)→

• BONIFACE ANYIKA & CO. LAGOS NIGERIA LTD V. KATSINA U.D. UZOR (2006)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  30 June 2006

  Case summary of Boniface Anyika & Co. Lagos Nigeria Ltd v. Katsina U.D. Uzor regarding issues of conversion and the binding nature of pleadings.

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  • Costs→
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  • appeal competency→
  • contraband goods→
  • conversion of chattels→
  • customs seizure and auction of goods→

• BEN JEKPE VS. CHIEF (DR.) S. T. ALOKWE (2001)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  6 April 2001

  Analysis of the Supreme Court case Ben Jekpe vs. Chief Alokwe, focusing on chieftaincy title disputes and judicial evaluation of evidence.

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  • Declaratory reliefs→
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  • Fair hearing→
  • Miscarriage of justice→
  • Perpetual injunction→
  • chieftaincy title declaration→
  • customary law and chieftaincy succession→
  • duty of trial court to weigh evidence→