Being joint tortfeasors, the person injured is at liberty to sue any one of them separately or may sue both jointly, their liability being joint and several.
IFEANYICHUKWU (OSONDU) CO LTD v. SOLEH BONEH (NIGERIA) LTD LGC(10/3/2000) F
The law regards both master and servant as joint tortfeasors
IFEANYICHUKWU (OSONDU) CO LTD v. SOLEH BONEH (NIGERIA) LTD LGC(10/3/2000) F
In D.S.P.G NWANKWOALA & ORS v THE STATE (2006) LPELR-2112(SC), the Supreme Court, per Tabai, JSC, held at pages 19–20, paras. D–A, that: “Where more than one person is accused of joint commission of a crime, it is enough to prove that they all participated in the crime. What each did in furtherance of the commission of the crime is immaterial.
The mere fact of the common intention manifesting in the execution of the common object is enough to render each of the accused persons in the group guilty of the offence. See also: PATRICK IKEMSON & 7 ORS v THE STATE (1989) 3 NWLR (Pt. 110) 455 ADEKUNLE v STATE (1989) 5 NWLR (Pt. 123) 505; OGEDENGBE v THE STATE (2014) LPELR-23065(SC); OBIDIKE v STATE (2014) LPELR-22590(SC); and SANNI v THE STATE (2019) LPELR-48417(CA), per Bada, JCA at pages 22–24, para. E . PER MOHAMMED, J.C.A.