IBODO & ORS.
V.
ENAROFIA

(1980) JELR 44481 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.15/1980 · 20 Jun 1980 · Nigeria
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IBODO & ORS. v. ENAROFIA & ORS. (1980) 5-7 S.C. (REPRINT) 29

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MOHAMMED BELLO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria CHUKWUNWEIKE IDIGBE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANDREWS O. OBASEKI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria KAYODE ESO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANTHONY N. ANIAGOLU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

application

applicants

extension of time

mr. ajayi

supreme court

appeal

rule

good cause

record of proceedings

supreme court rules

high court

judgment of the federal court of appeal

prima facie show

5th day of april

case file

chief f.r.a. williams

copy typist

daily times

federal court of appeal

prescribed period

arguable ground of appeal

close look

complete agreement

concurrent findings of fact of the courts

delivery of the judgment of the federal court

draft of his grounds of appeal

enrolled order

federal court of appeal registry

g.o.k. ajayi

g.o.k ajayi esq

good grounds of appeal

grant of extension of time

ground of appeal

judgment of the court

land case

leading judgment

numerous exhibits

ohene kobina karikari

old court of appeal of western state

part of the appellants

proposed ground of appeal

record of proceedings of the high court

said decision of the federal court of appeal

said dismissal

said okpako of a sum

substantial number

title aboiyigbe

ANIAGOLU, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The application which was brought, under Order 1 Rule 5 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1977, by the plaintiffs/applicants, Ukpe Ibodo and Others, and which was for extension of time within which to appeal, and for extension of time within which to apply for leave to appeal, to the Supreme Court, against the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, was dismissed by this court on 28th April, 1980, and the reasons for the dismissal were reserved for delivery to this date. We now give our said reasons for the said dismissal.

Since the delivery of the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal in this land case on 1st February, 1979, the attempt of the plaintiffs/applicants to appeal to the Supreme Court has had, from what is to be gathered from the affidavit of Ukpe Ibodo sworn to on 2nd November 1979, a tortuous passage. It would appear that the first motion for leave to appeal was heard by the Federal Court of Appeal in Benin on 5th April 1979.…

IBODO & ORS. V. ENAROFIA

IBODO & ORS.
V.
ENAROFIA