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(2025) JELR 114532 (CA)

Court of Appeal 15 Aug 2025 Nigeria
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- The appellants sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the concurrent findings of the trial and Court of Appeal (CA/E/72/2023, E/141/2013) on grounds of mixed law and facts, as well as to raise new issues not argued in-depth b

Case Details

Suit Number:CA/E/135M/2025(R)
Judges:Mohammed Mustapha, JCA, Ibrahim Wakili Jauro, JCA, Zainab Bage Abubakar, JCA
Counsel:Chidubem Akubue-Izundu, Esq. for Appellants. Dr. E. N. Onyibor, Esq. with him, C. G. Ekpete-Edeh, Esq. for Respondents.

MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Ruling): This application was brought pursuant to Section 233 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, Order 4 Rules 9 and 10 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2024, Order 4 Rule 6 of the Court of Appeal Rules 2021 and the inherent jurisdiction of this Court.

It is for an order:

  1. Granting leave to the appellants/applicant to appeal to the Supreme Court against the judgment of this Court delivered on the 6th of February, 2025 in appeal number, CA/E/72/2023 on grounds of mixed law and facts.

  2. Granting leave to the appellants/applicants to appeal to the Supreme Court the concurrent findings of this Court and the trial Court in suit No E/141/2013 and appeal number CA/E/72/2023.

  3. Granting leave to the appellants to raise and argue new issues that were not canvassed in-depth at the trial Court and in this Court.

  4. An order staying the execution of the judgment of this Court in appeal No E/72/2023 delivered on the 6th of Febr…

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