MOHAMMED ALHASSAN vs. ISSAH BASHIRU

JUDGMENT Per the writ of summons and statement of claim filed 5th March 2019, Plaintiff sought the following reliefs: i. An order of the Honourable Court declaring that the activities of the defendant over the properties of the late Mariatu Bashiru constitute intermeddling in law. ii. An order that the Plaintiff is the rightful person to apply for letters of administration to administer the estate of the late Mariatu Bashiru. iii. Perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, assigns, privies, and all who claim through him from interfering with the estate of the late Mariatu Bashiru. iv. An order(s) the Honourable Court may deem fit and proper. Per Plaintiff’s statement of claim, he got married to the younger sister of Defendant on 5th June 2016 under Muslim law at Nsutam. The couple cohabited at Nsutam. The plaintiff averred that after the marriage, his wife took ill resulting in her death and medical attention sought for his wife strained the couple’s fina...