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CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION
V.
RTCCC (NIGERIA DIOCESE)

(2009) JELR 37378 (CA)

Court of Appeal 30 Mar 2009 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/A/107/06
Judges:RABIU DANLAMI MUHAMMAD Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria UWANI MUSA ABBA-AJI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:For Appellant MR. B. J. AKOMOLAFE with him are MR. SIMON ONU and MISS TUMI FANIYI For Respondent
Other Citations:C.A.C V. R.T.C.C.C. (2009) 11 NWLR (Pt. 1151) 40 C.A.

JIMI OLUKAYODE SADA, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Judgment of the Federal High Court Abuja in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/277/05 - THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST (NIGERIA DIOCESE) V. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION delivered on the 20th day of December 2005 wherein the Court granted all the reliefs sought by the Plaintiff now Respondent in this appeal.

Briefly the facts of the case are that the Respondent as Plaintiff in the lower Court by an Originating Summons filed on the 18th day of May 2005 sought for the following reliefs:-

1. A declaration that the Defendant cannot statutorily countenance a caveat or objection filed to the replacement and appointment of additional Trustees after 28th days of the last publications in the newspapers of the proposed change or replacement and appointment of additional trustees.

2. A declaration that the Defendant has no discretion under Companies and Allied Matters Act not to assent to the appli…

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