Section 169 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 169 Evidence Act 2011
Section 169 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Estoppel‘. It is under Part X (PRESUMPTIONS AND ESTOPPEL) of the Act. It states as follows:
When one person has either by virtue of an existing court judgment, deed or agreement, or by his declaration, act or omission, intentionally caused or permitted another person to believe a thing to be true and to act upon such belief, neither he nor his representative in interest shall be allowed, in any proceedings between himself and such person or such person’s representative in interest, to deny the truth of that thing.