Justice T. A Odunowo, then of the Federal High Court in Lagos had in his judgment delivered on July 29, 1994, awarded the sum of N25m in favour of PUNCH as damages. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal in Lagos had earlier on March 18, 2004, dismissed the appeal by the AGF office for lack of diligent prosecution. The appellants had further appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge the October 18, 2006 ruling of the Court of Appeal. Delivering the lead judgment of the apex court on Friday, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, affirmed the decisions of the Court of Appeal and dismissed the appellants’ case. In agreeing with Onwuenwounor, who also represented PUNCH at the apex court, Justice Ariwoola held that the appeal was unmeritorious.

Source: Punch June 14, 2019 23:26 UTC