Daily Law Tips (Tip 511) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)

*CAN NIGERIAN COURTS USE DOCUMENTS NOT WRITTEN IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE. *

“I must emphasize that a document not written nor translated in to the language of the Court is inadmissible. See the decision of the Supreme Court in OJENGBEDE v. ESAN (2002) FWLR (Pt.90) 1406 SC; and LAWSON V. AFANI CONTINENTAL CO. (NIG) LTD (2002) FWLR (PT.109) 1736.

“… vernacular language is not the language of the Court. The official language of superior Courts of record in Nigeria is English.”

My authorities are the decision of the Court of Appeal, in the respective cases, below:

1. MAKUDAWA v. MALLAM & ORS
(2015) LPELR-25964(CA)

2. BAKO & ORS v. ABUBAKAR (2014) LPELR-23975(CA)

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