COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, WARRI & ANOR
V.
ODEDE

(1998) JELR 45607 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/B/338/96 · 1 Dec 1998 · Nigeria
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Other Citations

Coll. of Education Warri v. Odede (1999) 1 NWLR (Pt. 586) 253

CORAM

SUNDAY AKINOLA AKINTAN Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MAHMUD MOHAMMED Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria RAPHAEL OLUFEMI ROWLAND Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

respondent

learned trial judge

lower court

appeal

statement of claim

writ of summons

case

issues

judgment of the lower court

examination hall

fair hearing

favour of the respondent

first issue

appellate court

college of education

fair trial

1st appellant

general damages

grounds of appeal

leading judgment

present case

trial court

2nd issue

3rd appellant

absence of a cross-appeal

authority of the case of enigbokan v

award of n200,000.00 damages

bazunu j. of high court no.

bread of the rules of natural justice

briefs of argument

close of pleadings

consequential loss of right

cross-checking of the scripts

cross-examination

duration of the phonology paper

high court of justice warri

judgment of the trial court

order of mandatory injunction

purported expulsion of the plaintiff

rules of the college

semester examinations

statement of claim relief

state of the pleadings

student of the said college of education

sum of n1

support of her claims

view of the stage of the plaintiff respondent

MOHAMMED, J.C.A.: (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Gladys Odede, the respondent in this appeal was a student at the College of Education. Warri, the 1st appellant since 1989. Some time in 1991, the respondent was among the students of the institution sitting for the semester examinations in an examination hall. The duration of the phonology paper which the respondent was writing was 3 hours, However 15 minutes before that time, the respondent left the examination hall. When the invigilators in the examination hall checked the written papers submitted by the students at the end of the examination period, it was discovered that one script was missing. On further cross-checking of the scripts against the attendance sheet, it was discovered that the missing script was that of one Gladys Odede the respondent. When the respondent was invited and questioned about her missing scripts, she stated that she had submitted the papers to a female Youth Corper who was in attendance as one of the i…

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, WARRI & ANOR V. ODEDE

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, WARRI & ANOR
V.
ODEDE