NGERE & ANOR
V.
OKURUKET & ORS

(2015) JELR 44400 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.54/2012-SC.335/2012(R) · 5 Jun 2015 · Nigeria

CORAM

IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD JSC OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR JSC NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTA JSC OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA JSC JOHN INYANG OKORO JSC

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

appeal no. sc

appeals

court

respondents

appellants

order

trial

trial court

honourable court

chief job william okuruket

chief ujile d. ngere

learned san

affidavit evidence

lower court

lead ruling

learned trial judge

rivers state

senior counsel

statement of claim

common question of law

consolidation of actions

determination of the substantive issues

general conditions

instant appeal no. sc

representatives of the entire people of ngere family

suit no. bhc

traditional chieftaincy stool of the ngo community

behalf of others

blacks law dictionary

circumstances of this case

counter-affidavit

distinct actions

distinct appeals

distinct decisions of the court of appeal

end of the common trial

following relief

grant of this application

home affairs

judgment of the court of appeal

jurisdiction of the trial court

law firm of messrs. babalakin

mentioned appeals

paragraph affidavit

part of the appellants

relevant facts

respect of appeal no. sc

rivers states

said appeal

such further order

support of the application

IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. (Delivering the Lead Ruling): This is an application by the applicants who are the appellants in Appeal No. SC.54/2012 as well as in Appeal No. SC.335/2012. The respondents to the application herein, are same respondents in the afore mentioned appeals.

In the application on hand, the applicants ask this court to grant the following relief:

"AN ORDER directing that APPEALS NO.SC.54/2012 (Chief Ujile D. Ngere and Anor v. Chief Job William Okuruket "XIV" and Anor) and SC.335/2012 (Chief Ujile D. Ngere and Anor v. Chief Job William Okuruket "XIV" and Ors) which are currently pending before this Honourable Court be heard and determined together on the merits; AND for such further order(s) as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this case."

The applicants furnished grounds in support of the application as follows:

a. "The two appeals originate from a dispute between the appellants and the respondents as to the rightful person/fami…

NGERE & ANOR V. OKURUKET & ORS

NGERE & ANOR
V.
OKURUKET & ORS