OGEBE JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellants brought a motion before the High Court of Enugu on the 18th November, 2002 seeking the following declarations: “(a) The honourable court has no jurisdiction to extend time for the applicants/respondents within which toapply forjudicial review for an order of certiorari to quash the judgment of the Oji River Customary Court dated 9/11/98.
The application of the applicants/respondents for extension of time within which to appeal for an order of certiorari to quash the said judgment of Oji River Customary Court dated 9/11/98 as an abuse of process as the said judgment is the subject matter of appeal No. CA.E.177M/99 in which the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment on 15thApril, 2002 against the applicants/ respondents. The applicants/respondents did not disclose the full facts of this case to the honourable court before it made the said order of 8th October, 2002. And for such further order(s) as the honourable court may deem f…