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• FREDDY SODITI BONGO V. GOVERNOR OF ADAMAWA STATE (2012)→

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• ONAFOWOKAN V. WEMA BANK PLC (2011)→

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• ADDISON UNITED NIGERIA LIMITED V. LION OF AFRICA INSURANCE (2011)→

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  7 July 2010

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• ETINYIN J.L.E. DUKE V. CHIEF E.O. EPHRAIM ET AL (2010)→

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  25 May 2009

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• ALHAJI MOHAMMED DIKKO YUSUF V. CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO (2004)→

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