Attitude of the Supreme Court to concurrent findings by the lower courts & where the Supreme Court may interfere with concurrent findings

“The law is quite well settled that an appellate court does not generally interfere with concurrent findings of fact unless such findings are shown to be perverse. A decision or finding is said to be perverse where it runs counter to the pleadings and evidence on record; or where the learned trial Judge took into account matters which he ought not to have taken into account or shut his eyes to the obviously or where legal principles are wrongly applied to correctly ascertained facts. In any of these instances, the court would be justified to interfere to avoid a miscarriage of justice. See: Atolagbe Vs Shorun (1985) 1 NWLR (Pt.2) 360; Abegunde Vs Ondo State House of Assembly & Ors. (2015) LPELR-24588 (SC) @ 25 26 E- B; The Registered Trustees of Deeper Christian Life Ministry Vs Ebodaghe (2022) LPELR – 5848 (SC)@ 19-20 E- B. The duty of the appellant therefore is to satisfy the court that the concurrent findings are perverse.” Per KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN, JSC in ALIYU V. NAMADI & ORS (2023-LCER-48013-SC) @ Pp. 37-38; Paras. F-E.