Cases
REPATRIATION OF FUNDS
- TIME LIMIT FOR BRINING ACTION AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICER
- WHETHER THE PUBLIC OFFICERS PROTECTION ACT WILL PROTECT A PUBLIC OFFICER WHEN HE ACTS ON A NON-EXISTING LAW.
- POWER OF THE PRESIDENT TO DELEGATE EXECUTIVE POWERS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION TO RECOVER LOOTED FUNDS.
- WHETHER IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE LAW TO COMPENSATE DISHONEST PUBLIC OFFICERS WITH STATUTORY PROTECTION.
- EFFECT WHERE A PUBLIC OFFICER ACTED OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF HIS AUTHORITY.
CASE
APPEAL NO: CA/K/44/06
ALHAJI ABBA MOHAMMED SANI
VS
PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION.
- Status: DELIVERED BY JOHN INYANG OKORO J.C.A., HON. JUSTICE THERESA N. ORJI-ABADUA HON. JUSTICE MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA ON THE 15TH DECEMBER, 2009.
CASE
SUIT NO: FHC /ABJ/CS/347/2003
SULGRAVE HOLDINGS & 19 ORS
VS.
THE FEDERAL GOVT. OF NIGERIA
- Status: DELIVERED BY HON. JUSTICE STEPHEN JONAH ADAH ON THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2003.
CASE
SUIT NO: FHC/K/CS/6/2004
ALHAJI ABBA MOHAMMED SANI
VS.
THE PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA & 1 OR
- Status: DELIVERED BY HON. JUSTICE ADAMU BELLO ON THE 19TH OF DECEMBER, 2005.
CASE
SUIT NO: SC/641/2013
ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
ALHAJI ABBA ABACHA
(SUING FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY PF LATE GENERAL SANI ABACHA)
VS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND 4 ORS.
- Status: DELIVERED BY UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, JSC ON THE 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2023.
CASE
SUIT NO: SC/359/2010
ALHAJI ALI ABACHA
VS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION
- Status: DELIVERED BY AMINA J. ADAMU AUGIE, JSC ON THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY,2021.
CASE
SUIT NO: SC.68/2010
ALHAJI ABBA MOHAMMED SANI
VS
THE PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION
- Status: DELIVERED BY CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, JSC ON THE 7TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020.
CASE
SUIT NO: NICN/ABJ/288/2025
SGT BALA AKAWU
VS
NIGERIAN ARMY
HIGHLIGHTS
-Lower courts duty on proceeding/ pending appeals before Higher Courts
- Status: Delivered on the 20th May, 2026
CASE
SUIT NO:
NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE (A.K.A NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE)
VS
JOD PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
ENGR JONATHAN O DAVID
- Status: Delivered by Hon. Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu the 25th November, 2025