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OKORO

(2009) JELR 43161 (CA)

Court of Appeal 11 Mar 2009 Nigeria
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- The Respondent obtained reliefs for the enforcement of fundamental rights, injunction, and damages against the Appellant at the Imo State High Court in Ruling delivered on 28/11/2000 (HOW/90M/97), leading to the Appellant’s appeal. - The

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Suit Number:CA/PH/324/2001
Judges:SULEIMAN GALADIMA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria TIJJANI ABDULLAHI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:C. C. Amadi Esq; For Appellant F.A. Chukwuka Esq; For Respondent

MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The High court of Imo State, sitting at Owerri had granted the Respondent in this appeal, orders for the enforcement of his fundamental rights, injunction and damages against the Appellant in this appeal in a ruling delivered on the 28th of November 2000 in motion No. HOW/90M/97.

Being dissatisfied with the decision in the said ruling, the Appellants filed a Notice of Appeal against same on the 14th of December, 2000 on a single ground of appeal. With the leave of court the Notice of Appeal was amended by the addition of three (3) more grounds of appeal on the 27th of March 2003.

Without their particulars, the four (4) grounds of the appeal are thus:-

GROUND 1

"The learned trial judge erred in law in proceeding to hear and determine the motion on Notice filed on 13/8/97 for enforcement of Fundamental Human Rights when he had no jurisdiction to entertain the motion at all.

GROUND 2

The learned trial Judge erred in law in…

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