MODUPE FASANMI J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Oyo State High Court of Justice in Suit No.1/488/07 delivered on the 3rd of March, 2011, dismissing the claims of the Appellant in its entirety.
The reliefs sought by the Appellant against the Respondents jointly and severally are as follows:
(a) DECLARATION that the Plaintiffs July, 2005 electricity bill arbitrarily and negligently increased and over billed by N5,000.00, which should be rectified, normalized and reconciled by the Defendants.
(b) DECLARATION that the 1st Defendants statement of 14th March, 2007, at No. 3 Obasa Street, Cemetery/Coca-cola, Ibadan, in the presence and to the hearing of his neighbours, PHCN, Plc, staff and others, concerning the Plaintiff in his Profession a calling is defamatory.
(c) DECLARATION that the Defendants acts of removal of the fuse of the transformer and wire from the pole of the Plaintiffs aforesaid area and connected to his house, electricity s…