ACW-UA PRESS RELEASE :: At University of Abuja, High COURT. MR Chukwuma sues his cousin upon ownership of a Bakery Business.

The Federal High Court holding at the LAWSAN judicial Division yesterday entertained a suit from one Mr Chukwuma, a business man living in Kutunku, Gwagwalanda Abuja,who sued the defendant, Mr Ciroma, his nephew to recover this Business.
According to the MOOT fact of the case, Mr Ciroma was a first class graduate from Faculty of Engineering, from the University of Abuja  after five years on seeking white-collar job, he got involved in a Bakery Business, however  subsequently his Uncle Mr Chukwuma who was his sponsor all through the university, open a Bakery Business with him as the General Manager, with the sum of 15 million naria, but the business was still failing, he gave him another 6 million Naira from Ghana where he was based for a bakery. Hence when he came back to Nigeria to reclaim his ownership of the bakery business. His Cousin Ciroma refused
 The Plaintiff, lead by the Learned Counsel Octavius Gah from Justice Umaru Abdullahi Chambers sued that the business was owned by Mr Chukwuma and prayed the court to establish that fact. Among the Plaintiff counsel was FrankJustice Umeh who is the Director of Welfare  SUG.

Prince Ezeabata Chibuzor. EsQ, who was a counsel to the plaintiff and also founder ACW-UA said " My client, Mr Chukuma, owns this company, his brother was made the manager, when he came back to claim ownership, his brother refused to surrender,the business to him."

However,the Defendant counsel from Titans Chambers challenged all the 4 documents brought by the plaintiff first witness stating that they are not admissible due to:
1 Their lack of enough credentials to bring a secondary document to court without the required signature, stamp and amount paid for the stamp.
2 it was not admissible in court. The lead counsel to the defendant,

Hon. Okezie Stanley Chukuemeka spoke to our news men saying "it is our belief that the court in its wisdom having rejected their CAC and as well place their form 7 as a contested document. And these two are vital in describing ownership of a company, hence these two documents are rejected. Therefore the ownership must fall back to my client who is the owner of the company."

A Counsel to the defendant, Miss Chizom Precious Mwonu EsQ, the Lawsan President expressed optimistic of winning the suit, according to her, " we have done all we could with the best of capability with our witness and documents."

At the end of the Legal battle, the Learned Trial Judge, Rt. Hon. Justice Nnamani Emmanuel  the Chief Justice of the University of Abuja SUG and LAWSAN,, giving his ruling on the issue for determination said that " the documents will be allowed because the documents are admissible and relevant according to a decision made by the supreme Court, in which a document no matter how obtained can be used in the court."
The Court however by 5.00pm adjourned the judgment of the case indefinitely.

Correspondent : Testimony AKINKUNMI
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