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AWONIYI & ORS
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THE REG. TRUSTEES OF AMORC (NIG)

(2000) JELR 44177 (SC)

Supreme Court 2 Jun 2000 Nigeria
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- The applicants filed a motion seeking orders to cancel the registration certificate of the respondent and to seal up their offices nationwide. - The motion was based on a judgment from a previous case that declared the respondent to be a

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Suit Number:SC.182/1999
Judges:ADOLPHUS GODWIN KARIBI-WHYTE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria UTHMAN MOHAMMED Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ALOYSIUS IYORGYER KATSINA-ALU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AKINTOLA OLUFEMI EJIWUNMI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:A.O. Olufon, (with him, K. O. Ojukwu and A.E. Obienu [Mrs]) For Appellant Mr. C.O. Akpamgbo, SAN (with him, Chief Chuks Muoma, SAN, Pat Onagbedan, Chief A.E. Assam, T. Owhonda Wopara, O.C. Agbafo and Doyin Ganzallo [Miss]) For Respondent

MOHAMMED, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Ruling): Mr. Wole Olufon, learned counsel for the applicants, filed a motion and prayed for the following orders:

"1. An order directing the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission to withdraw and cancel the certificate of registration of the respondent No. 1415 dated 7th July, 1982 or any subsequent certificate issued to the respondent.

2. An order directing the Inspector-General of Police to seal up all the offices of the respondent nationwide and to prosecute any persons carrying on activities in the name of the respondent."

The motion was supported by an affidavit of 7 paragraphs. It was sworn to by one David Okoh. The facts disclosed in paragraphs 3-7 explain the grounds for this application. Paragraphs 3-7 read:

"3. That the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered judgment in Suit No. SC.23/1991, the Registered Trustees of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC (Nigeria) v. Henry O. Awoniyi and Ors., on the 15th of July, 1994 holding that …

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