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ABUBAKAR & ANOR
V.
USMAN & ORS

(2017) JELR 38229 (SC)

Supreme Court 10 Mar 2017 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC.167/2016
Judges:MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria CLARA BATA OGUNBIYI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AMINA ADAMU AUGIE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SIDI DAUDA BAGE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:J.S. Okutepa, SAN with him, Aliu O. Saiki, Esq., John A. Mathew, Esq., J.J. Usman, Esq., M.S. Ibrahim, Esq., Ocholi O. Okutepa, Esq., Mrs Hokaha H. Bassey, W.C. Daniel, Esq., Mrs. Elizabeth O. Ifedayo, Ojonimi S. Apeh, Esq., M.O. Idam, Esq., O. A. Arowosebe, Esq., Miss Abodia O. Okutepa, M. O. Ogobuchi, Esq., Onu S. Achem, Esq., Miss G. O. Ejesieme, Miss A. E. Agunbiade, Miss B. E. Ameh and Miss C. O. Ozuzu For Appellant P.I.N. Ikwueto, SAN with him, C.D. Eze, Esq., O.D. Soyebo, Esq. and N. U. Odimegwu, Esq. for the 1st and 2nd Respondents.A.A. Ibrahim, Esq. with him, Mrs. B. SheyinFor the 3rd and 4th Respondents. For Respondent

CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): My Lords, what prompted this appeal was the Ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division (hereinafter, simply, referred to as "the lower Court") delivered on February 11, 2016. The said Ruling was the lower Court's determination of the questions canvassed in a Motion on Notice wherein the appellants in this appeal entreated it with the following supplications:

"1. An order correcting clerical mistakes/errors in the orders made in the Judgment of this Honorable Court delivered on the 2nd of December, 2015 and the Enrolled Order issued on the 10th December 2015 in Appeal No. CA/A/EPT/609/2015 Abdulrahman Abubakar and Anor V. Senator Attai Aldoko Usman and 3 others to give effect to the full meaning and the intention of the Court in allowing the appeal of the applicants.

2. An order correcting or varying the consequential orders in the judgment of this Honorable Court delivered on the 2nd December, 2015 and the Enrolled Order o…

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