SUTI ABIBU VS KARIMU BINUTU AND ANOR
July 18, 2025SANUSI AIYERIYIAN ALADE VS OLALERE AKANJI ALEMULOKE AND OTHERS
July 18, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1988-02) Legalpedia (SC) 19135
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Feb 19, 1988
Suit Number: SC 226/1986
CORAM
NNAMANI, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
UWAIS, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OPUTA, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
WALI, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
CRAIG, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
SAMUEL OJEGELE
APPELLANTS
THE STATE
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
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SUMMARY OF FACTS
This was a most dastardly murder. In a misguided attempt to get rich quick, the appellants and others murdered a hunch-back man.
HELD
APPEAL DISMISSED
ISSUES
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RATIONES DECIDENDI
MEANING OF PRINCIPLES
“Principles are broader statements of conduct and they do not necessarily decide the outcome of the dispute. They merely incline the decision one way or the other depending on the facts and surrounding circumstances of the case in hand. The word principle is from the Latin principium, which means the starting point. A principle merely furnishes a basis for the consideration of the case in which the principle is meant to apply. Principles merely incline the decision towards a certain direction but they are not conclusive and they survive intact even if the principle is not followed in that particular case” PER OPUTA J.S.C
CASES CITED
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STATUTES REFERRED TO
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