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BARNABAS ADEKU OJIAH
V.
MRS LUCIA OFURE JOHN LUGARD

(2024) JELR 112092 (CA)

Court of Appeal 16 May 2024 Nigeria
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- The appellant filed a motion seeking leave to amend his Notice of Appeal and file additional grounds of appeal. - The appellant argued that the additional grounds of appeal raise substantial and arguable issues of law and that the amendme

Case Details

Suit Number:CA/A/1036/2020
Judges:HAMMA AKAWU BARKA JCA ADEBUKOLA ADEOTI BANJOKO JCA ABBA BELLO MOHAMMED JCA
Counsel:Ojile Abah Nathaniel Esq, for the Appellant/Applicant. Godswill yoha lyoke Esq, for the Respondent.
Location:Abuja

ABBA BELLO MOHAMMED, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgement):  The Appellant filed this motion on notice on 7th of March, 2024 seeking for the following orders:

  1. An order of this Honourable Court granting leave to the Appellant/Applicant to amend his Notice of Appeal dated and filed on 23/9/2020, attached and marked herein as Exhibit A.
  2. An order of this Honourable Court granting leave to the Appellant/Applicant to file and argue additional ground of appeal as contained in the schedule hereto and stated as ground six (6) in the proposed Amended Notice of Appeal, attached herewith and marked as Exhibit B.
  3. An order of this Honourable Court granting leave to the Appellant/Applicant to incorporate and reflect all the names of the parties at the lower court on the proposed Amended Notice of Appeal (Exhibit B) and other processes of this Honourable Court going forward.
  4. And for such further order(s) as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstance. 

The Appellant predicated his appl…

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