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(2022) JELR 111320 (CA)

Court of Appeal 30 Jun 2022 Nigeria
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- The Applicant, former employee of the Respondent, sought multiple post-judgment orders from the Court of Appeal, including punitive costs against the Respondent and enforcement-related reliefs, after judgment in his favour in a wrongful d

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Suit Number:CA/A/108/2017
Judges:Stephen Jonah Adah JCA Elfrieda O. Williams-Dawodu JCA Sir Biobele Abraham Georgewill JCA
Counsel:Mr. F. I Nnaba for the Judgment Debtor; Mr. E. C Ezegamja for the Appellant/Judgment Creditor.
Location:Abuja

E. O. WILLIAMS-DAWODU, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By Motion on Notice filed February 2d 2022 brought pursuant to Order 6 rules 2 and 11 of the Court of Appeal Rules 2021 and under the inherent jurisdiction of this Court, the Applicant seeks in the main the following orders:

1. "An order of this honourable court awarding a punitive cost of N2,000,000.00 (Two Million Naira) only against the Respondent in favour of the Applicant for deliberately filing an application seeking leave to appeal a non-appealable matter and thereby wasting the judicious and judicial time of this court and intentionally depriving the Applicant the fruits of his judgment and have for so long subjected him into financial crisis.

2. An order of this honourable court specifically ordering the Deputy Chief Registrar of this Court to pay the Applicant the sum of N3,740,000.00 (Three Million Seven Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira only) being part of this Judgment sum deposited by (sic) Respondent into the i…

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