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DUKE AND ORS

(2004) JELR 43738 (CA)

Court of Appeal 29 Nov 2004 Nigeria
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- The appellant, petitioner before the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative Election Tribunal in Calabar, requested and obtained a subpoena duces tecum compelling the 1st respondent to produce originals of his academic qualificati

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Suit Number:CA/C/CRS/EPA/GOV/32/04
Judges:ALOMA MARIAM MUKHTAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria BABA ALKALI BA' ABA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MONICA BOLNA'AN DONGBAN-MENSEM Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JEAN OMOKRI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Mba E. Ukweni, Esq. (with him, Okonga Okonga, Esq.) For Appellant Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN (with him, N.A. Ntu, Esq. For Respondent
Other Citations:Obi-Odu v. Duke (2006) 1 NWLR (Pt.961)375, (2005) 10 NWLR (Pt. 932) 105, (2004) JELR 70816 (CA)

DONGBAN-MENSEM, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The contentious issue before us is the propriety of the ratio decidendi of the trial tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) in setting aside the subpoena duces tecum it had issued to the 1st respondent to produce some documents to wit:-

"The originals of all your academic qualifications, particularly:

1. Your qualifying certificate from Corona School, Apapa, Lagos.

2. Your qualifying certificate from St. Mary's Private School, Lagos.

3. Your qualifying certificate from Federal Government College, Sokoto.

4. Your qualifying certificate from Federal Government College, Ilorin.

5. Your qualifying certificate from the Federal School of Arts and Science, Lagos.

6. Your Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree certificate from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

7. Your Barrister-at-Law (B.L.) certificate from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos.

8. Your Call to Bar Certificate also from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos.

9. Your Master of…

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