ADEJUMO
V.
JOHNSON, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE
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G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Ruling): This ruling is concerned with a notice of preliminary objection to the hearing of the appeal in a matter in which an order of His Excellency Colonel Mobolaji Johnson, Military Governor of Lagos State (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) has been challenged. The details of the proceedings in the substantive matter are apparently not directly relevant to the issue culminating in this ruling but it is necessary to appreciate some of those details for a clear understanding of the legal position. It appears that some time in 1969 and pursuant to the provisions of section 4(1) of the Investigation of Assets (Public Officers and Other Persons) Decree 1968, No. 37 of 1968, the respondent had set up a Commission of Enquiry to enquire into the assets of some public officers then employed at the L. E. D. B. One Adenrele Adejumo was one of such officers and the present appellant, Chief Adebiyi Adejumo, is his father. In due course,the…