Attah Igala v Attorney General of the Federation.
What you should know.
The case was filed in the name if Attah Igala, against the Attorney General of the Federation as the sole defendant.
The case was filed in 2017 at the Federal High Court Lokoja.
The case was filed through Originating Summons, accordingly, it is only affidavit evidence that is required and not oral evidence.
The deponent of the affidavit in support was Idakwo Oboni, accordingly, Attah traveled to Lokoja to depose to the affidavit himself.
The document relied on were all gotten from the National Archive in Kaduna.
The main documents are an agreement between Samuel Ajayi Crowther and a former Attah where the Attah gave out land to Crowther to build a Church in Lokoja. Another is an agreement between the Queen of England and Attah of Igala over Lokoja and Ajaokuta.
The case sought an order of court declaring the area around Niger river up to Kogon Karfe as a territory under the OVERLORDSHIP of the Attah Igala.
Judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff on 2nd June, 2020.
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