GAINING FROM ONE'S WRONG: Whether a party will be allowed to benefit from his own wrong- THE ADMINISTRTORS/EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF GEN. SANI ABACHA (DECEASED) V. SAMUEL DAVID EKE-SPIFF & ORS.(2009) LPELR-3152(SC)
HELD:
"And no one shall be allowed to benefit from his own wrong doing; the Maxim is 'EX TURPI CAUSA NON ORITUR ACTIO' ... It is true that Section I of the Limitation Edict 1988 of Rivers State forbids the bringing of an action in court for the recovery of land after the expiration of ten years from the date in which the right of action accrued to him". THE ADMINISTRTORS/EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF GEN. SANI ABACHA (DECEASED) V. SAMUEL DAVID EKE-SPIFF & ORS.(2009) LPELR-3152(SC)Per Aderemi, JSC. (P. 44-45, paras. C-A)
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