MOBIL PRODUCING NIGERIA UNLTD. V. LASEPA & ORS | (2002) JELR 17625 (SC)

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Suit Number:SC.136/2001

Judges:EMMANUEL OLAYINKA AYOOLA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria UTHMAN MOHAMMED Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria UMARU ATU KALGO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AKINTOLA OLUFEMI EJIWUNMI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Counsel:H. O. Ajumogobia, Esq. (with him, Remi Olaopa [Mrs.], Gogo Karibi-Whyte, Esq. - for the Appellant AND LawaI Pedro Esq. Director of Civil Litigation, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, (with him, Akin Adesomuju, [Mrs.]) - the 1st Respondent B. M. Udensi -for the 2nd and 3rd Respondents B. O. Benson, SAN (with him, Femi Adeniyi, [Mrs.]) -for 4th Respondent (Nos. 618 and 628). R. O. Sadiq - for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 55 & 119) Chief Debo Akande, SAN (with him, Mrs. Femi Adeniyi, Esq.) - for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 427-431) S. Edu -for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 116, 117, 118) 1. J. Umana - for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 546-557) V.1.P.Nwana - for the Respondent (No. 1). Chinedu Moore, Esq. -for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 578-587; 529-545 & 645) E. B. Uhiri - for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 217-254; 398-420. 426, 646, 672) Chukwuma Machukwu Umeh (with him, P. C. Ofor Agim; Obaje, I; Njaha) -for the 4th Respondent (No. 645) Mohammed Fawehinmi, Esq., - for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 421-424 & 561) N.1. Quakers - for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 777 & 878) Alhaji M. A. Kotun -for the 4th Respondent (Nos. 623 & 624) A. A. Akinyemi - for the 4th Respondent (No. 133) B. Akanni - for the 4th Respondent (No.2) For Respondent

Other Citations:Mobil Prod. (Nig.) UnLtd. v. LASEPA (2002) 18 NWLR (Pt.798) 1 (2002) 12 S.C (Pt.I) 26, Mobil Prod. (Nig.) UnLtd. v. LASEPA (2002) 18 NWLR (Pt.798) 1 (2002) 12 S.C (Pt.I) 26, (2002) JELR 44630 (SC)

E. O. AYOOLA, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By an originating summons issued in the Federal High Court on 22nd December, 1999 Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, the appellant, commenced their proceedings from which this appeal arose against:

(i) Lagos State Environmental Agency;

(2) Federal Environmental Protection Agency;

(3) Minister of Environment;

(4) Various defendants whose names were set out in a schedule to the originating summons and are here described as the 4th set of defendants. The reliefs sought by the originating summons were as follows:

"1. A declaration that the 2nd and/or 3rd defendant are by virtue of the schedule II, Part I, Item 29 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and Sections 20, 21, 23 and 24 of the FEPA Act of 1988, the authorities with exclusive power to determine the liability of the plaintiff with regard to any and all alleged damage arising out of the spill into interstate and/or territorial waters of Nigeria" includi…

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LASEPA & ORS

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