TANI GARIBA vs. SHAMSUDEEN SEIDU DABO

F.G. KORBIEH, J.A. A summary of the facts of the case leading to this appeal is as follows. The parties apparently started off as very good friends despite the defendant/respondent’s initial apprehension which made him opine that “he had no interest in working with women. Working with women retards the progress of work and I don’t like working with them.” This opinion allegedly expressed by the defendant/respondent (according to D.W.2 in his evidence-in-chief (found on page 120 of the record of appeal)) was quite gender-insensitive but rather prophetic as later events showed. Be that as it may. The parties struck a working relationship through the instrumentality of D.W. 2 (Joseph Addai Abaidoo a.k.a. Abedi) and did some road construction works together; with the plaintiff/appellant (hereinafter referred to only as the appellant) being awarded the contracts for road construction and the defendant/respondent (hereinafter referred to only as their) supervising the execution o...