CORAM
A.I. IGUH, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
A. NNAMANI – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
A.G. KARIBI-WHYTE – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
S.M.A. BELGORE – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
A.B. WALI – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
CHIEF P.N. NSIRIM (Otherwise known as the Apiti of Rumueme) APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant alleged the respondent published defamatory materials against his person at a press conference. The only evidence was that of a witness who was not at the said press conference.
HELD
The court held that the fact of publication was not proved as pleaded.
ISSUES
Whether publication of the libel complained of was proved as pleaded.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
See George V. Dominion Flour Mills Ltd. (1963)1 All N.L.R. 71.National Investment and Properties Co. Ltd. v. The Thompson Organisation Ltd. (1969)1 All NLR. 138Hebditch V. Macilwaine & Ors. (1894) 2 Q.B. 54Bata V. Bata (1948) WN 366;Thomson V. Lambert (1938) 2 DLR 545Keefe V. Walsh (1903) 2 IR. 706
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