"The position that the cost of legal services incurred by a successful litigant cannot be recovered is no longer the position of the law. This Court in NAUDE & ORS VS SIMON (supra) at 24-28 per AKOMOLAFE-WILSON, JCA made a detailed exposition on the subject which I quote in extenso thus: "The principle of law is that a successful party is entitled to be indemnified for costs of litigation, which includes charges incurred by the parties in the prosecution of their cases. It is akin to a claim for special damages. Once the solicitor's fee is pleaded and the amount is not unreasonable and it is provable, usually by receipts, such a claim can be maintainable in favour of the Claimant.”

First City Monument Bank Limited v. Sabitu [2025] LPELR-81397[CA] 12-16, per Oyewole, JCA.