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IWUOHA
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NIPOST LTD.

(2003) JELR 53187 (SC)

Supreme Court 11 Apr 2003 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC. 87/1999
Judges:IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI, JSC (Presided) MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE, JSC UTHMAN MOHAMMED, JSC NIKI TOBI, JSC (Read the Lead Judgment) DENNIS ONYEJIFE EDOZIE, JSC
Counsel:Chief M. I. Ahamba, KSC, SAN (with him, Chidi Nwuke, Esq. and Emma Ukaego, Esq. ) - for the Appellants . D -*- A. N. Anyamene, SAN, - f or the 2nd Respondent .

TOBI, JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): Umuduru Postal Agency is the subject-matter of this litigation. It is the hub on which the litigation rests. The appellants representing the Umuelemai Community, Mbano were the plaintiffs in the High Court and respondents in the Court of Appeal. The 1st defendant, the Nigerian Postal Services Limited, is the 1st respondent in this appeal. It was the 1st defendant in the High Court. Although 1st respondent filed statement of defence and entered appearance through counsel in the High Court, it did not take any active part. As it is, it has not filed any brief in this court; so too in the Court of Appeal. The 2nd defendant, representing Umuduru Community is the 2nd respondent in this court. He was the appellant in the Court of Appeal. And so the litigation is between the appellants and the 2nd respondent, which is more of a litigation between the Umuelemai and Umuduru. The Mbano League built a sub-postal office on a land donated by the appellan…

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