KOBI
V.
USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY SOKOTO & ORS

(2018) JELR 38865 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/S/48/2015 · 24 May 2018 · Nigeria

CORAM

HUSSEIN MUKHTAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

court

issue

appellant

public officers protection act

fair hearing

learned trial judge

grounds of appeal

preliminary objection

appellants counsel

supreme court

contention of counsel

examination malpractice

applicability of the public officers protection act

fact of the case

rules of natural justice

submission of counsel

university of maiduguri

issue of the respondents

provisions of the evidence act

purview of the learned trial judge

usmanu danfodiyo university act

virtue of section

amended notice of appeal

appellants brief of argument

appendix d1

application of the principles of natural justice

brief facts of the case

chequered history of this appeal

conclusion of hearing

evidence of the document

exhibit e1-8 of the judgment

federal high court

following cases

further argument of counsel

islamic law

issue of the defendants

judgment of the federal high court

learned appellants counsel

only witness of the respondents

outcome of the committees decision

proper way

question of the admissibility of the said exhibit d3

record period

respect of these issues

respondents setup

stage of the proceedings

student of the 2nd respondent

FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Sokoto delivered on the 18th day of March, 2010 wherein the Court in suit NO.: FHC/S/CS/20/2005 delivered its judgment against the Appellant who was Claimant at the Court below. Due to the chequered history of this Appeal, there may be the need to begin with brief facts of the case. The Appellant was a student of the 2nd Respondent studying Common and Islamic Law from 1997-2002. On the 20th November, 2001 the Appellant was said to be found in possession of a written material while writing examination (Course ARA 213). The Appellant was also said to have jumped through the window and destroyed the evidence. The Respondents setup a Committee to investigate the matter and the Appellant was said to have been invited a record period of ten (10) times but appeared only once. Following the recommendations of the Investigative Committee, the Appellant was issued a …

KOBI V. USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY SOKOTO & ORS

KOBI
V.
USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY SOKOTO & ORS