ANTONIA E. UMOFFIA VS M.C. NDEM
August 13, 2025ALHAJI A.W. ELIAS VS ALHAJI B.A. SULEIMON & 2 ORS
August 13, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1973) Legalpedia (SC) 01926
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Dec 21, 1973
Suit Number: SC. 156/1973
CORAM
Y.O. ADIO – JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
UDOMA, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
SOWEMIMO, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
J.E.A. IYORLIAM APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant represented a false person as the person who applied for letters of administration and sworn to an affidavit vouching for the person upon which the person obtained money from the bank using the letters of administration.
HELD
The court upheld his conviction on the offence of cheating by personation.
ISSUES
Whether the conviction of the appellant was justified
RATIONES DECIDENDI
DEFINITION OF PROPERTY IN RELATION TO THE OFFENCE OF CHEATING BY PERSONATION
Whether an article is or is not property does not depend upon its possessing a money or market value. If it has some special value for the person or persons concerned, it is property, even though its value cannot be measured in money. – Elias CJN
CASES CITED
STATUTES REFERRED TO
The Penal Code
