COOMASSIE
V.
TELL COMMUNICATIONS LTD & ORS

(2002) JELR 44686 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/A/12/2001 · 26 Jul 2002 · Nigeria
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Caamassie v. Tell Camm. Ltd. (2003) 1 NWLR (Pt. 802)pg. 551

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DAHIRU MUSDAPHER Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ZAINAB ADAMU BULKACHUWA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ALBERT GBADEBO ODUYEM Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

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appellant

costs

learned trial judge

learned counsel

defendants

issue of costs

4th defendant

appeal

case

notice of discontinuance

party

fair hearing

grounds of appeal

jurisdiction of the court

trial judge

award of costs

breach of the appellant

earliest opportunity

ex-parte order

plaintiff counsel

privilege of reading

provisions of order

record of proceedings

2nd defendant

3rd day of may

5th day of february

amended notice of appeal

chief of the said magazine

examination of the printed record

ex-parte application of that date

first defendant

following cases

fundamental right

high court of justice of the federal capital territory

important matter

leading judgment

learned trial judge exercise

mr. adegboruwa of counsel

mr. tokumbo onagoruwa of counsel

n500,000 costs

record of proceedings of the court

result of any decision

resumed hearing

service of the writ of summons

set aside

suit no. fct

tell magazine issue of no.

then registrar of the court

third defendant

trite law

MUSDAPHER, J.C.A.: (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/33/99, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, the erstwhile Inspector General of Police, as the plaintiff claimed against the defendants, damages for libel. The offending statement was said to have been published in Tell Magazine issue of No. 52 dated December 28th, 1998. The first defendant is the publisher of the Magazine, the 2nd defendant and the third defendant are the reporter and the Editor-in-Chief of the said Magazine, while the 4th defendant was the person, who made the alleged offending statement in an interview which was published as aforesaid. The defendants were all said to be resident at Lagos outside the jurisdiction of the court.

The action was said to be instituted against the defendants on the 5th day of February, 1999 and by an ex-parte application of that date, the plaintiff obtained leave to issue and serve the writ outside the …

COOMASSIE V. TELL COMMUNICATIONS LTD & ORS

COOMASSIE
V.
TELL COMMUNICATIONS LTD & ORS