EKANEM & ORS.
V.
THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES, OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE GOOD SHEPHERD & ORS.

(2011) JELR 46037 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/C/84/2010 · 3 Jun 2011 · Nigeria

CORAM

JA'FARU MIKA'ILU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ISAIAH OLUFEMI AKEJU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

appellants

2nd respondents

locus standi

3rd defendant

further affidavit

support of the originating summons

learned trial judge

learned counsel

trial court

exhibit e2

1st defendant

exhibit e1

originating summons

2nd defendant

case

instant suit

reasonable cause of action

respective briefs of argument

second issue

1st defendant church

1st defendant ought

2nd july

brief facts of the case

contending parties

court processes

failure of the plaintiffs

file of the 1st defendant

first place

given circumstances of their complaints

given facts

instant appeal

interests of the appellants

issue of jurisdiction

judgment of the federal high court

leading judgment

notice of appeal

paragraph affidavit

paragraph counter affidavit

part of the trial court

plaintiffs members of the church of christ

points of law

registration of the 1st defendant

resultant effect of this course of action

said affidavit

see adimora v

statement of claim

such further consideration

suit no. fhc

support of their action

MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Calabar Judicial Division in Suit No. FHC/CA/CS/64/09, delivered on 31st March, 2010 by C. J. Aneke, J, wherein the case was determined on the issue of jurisdiction predicated on the failure of the plaintiffs to establish their locus standi.

The brief facts of the case are as follows. The plaintiffs members of the Church of Christ the Good Shepherd. They claimed to have discovered that the 2nd defendant succeeded and registered the 1st defendant Church with the 3rd defendant without the approval of the church members and with an unapproved 2005 Constitution instead of the 2003 Constitution which was duly approved by the church members at their national convention and with the requisite resolution having been duly passed. The resultant effect of this course of action led the plaintiffs to institute the instant suit on 2nd July, 2009.

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EKANEM & ORS. V. THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES, OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE GOOD SHEPHERD & ORS.

EKANEM & ORS.
V.
THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES, OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE GOOD SHEPHERD & ORS.