COURT CASES CONNECTED WITH ELDERLY/AGED PERSONS IN NIGERIA

AGUOCHA v AGUOCHA

Women and Inheritance/Estate Administration – Mother-in-law – Widow of deceased person – Responsibilities of Widow appointed sole executrix and trustee of deceased’s husband’s Will to uphold stipulations/trusts created under the will for the benefit of his mother/relatives – Elderly women – Aged mother of deceased person refused maintenance by his wife/widow – Right to enforce same – How treated

AKANNI V THE QUEEN

Women and Security – Murder by Burning – Aged mother of village Head locked into a room and house set on fire by mob – Need to show relevant evidence tying accused persons to the crime – Effect of failure thereof

FLINT v. LOVELL.

Women and Highway Accidents – Woman driver – Accident arising from negligent driving occasioning injury to aged party – How treated

MUHAMMEDU GADAM V. THE QUEEN

Women and Witch-craft – Security of aged persons from extra-judicial killing – Murder – Woman aged 80 killed on the belief of having cast a spell on accused person’s wife leading to the wife’s death as a result of an infection caused by miscarriage – When trial court found that condition of deceased wife was bona fide attributed to witchcraft – How treated

ODUFUWA AND ANOTHER  V. JOHNSON

Elderly Women and Business – Possession of Market Stall – Failure to comply with statutory requirement as to monthly stallage payment in advance leading to eviction from a shop held for over 25 years – Effect

Women and Justice Administration – Morality and Court Orders – Where strict interpretation of clear statutory provisions may lead to seemingly harsh outcomes – Duty of Court thereto

OGHARU V THE QUEEN

Children and Security of neighbourhood – Law enforcement – Lynching – Murder of person who kidnapped and sold a child – Prosecution of young persons who carried out killing as ordered by community’s council of elders – Relevant considerations – Attitude of court to private citizens taken the law into their hands to punish child trafficking

Laws & Policies

Homes & orphanages