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(2026) JELR 115390 (CA)

Court of Appeal 14 May 2026 Nigeria
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Suit Number:Suit No: CA/ABJ/CV/665/2024
Judges:Oyebisi Folayemi Omoleye, JCA, Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo, JCA, Abdulazeez Muhammed Anka, JCA
Counsel:S.D Yusuf for the Appellant(s) G.N. Umerie, with him, M.A. Hassan for the Respondent(s)
Location:Abuja

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SIRAJO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By way of a Motion on Notice numbered NSHC/SD/143M/2023 filed on the 20th September, 2023, before the High Court of Niger State (the lower Court), brought pursuant to Section 6(6)(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), Sections 66(F) and 72 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act, CAP S6, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, and under the inherent jurisdiction of the  lower Court, the Respondent, as Applicant, sought reliefs against the Appellant, as Respondent, as follows: 

1. AN ORDER sealing off the Respondent's Suleja branch premises for refusal to comply with the Court's judgment delivered on the 2nd March, 2023, until the judgment is fully complied with. 

2. IN THE ALTERNATIVE, an order committing the Respondent's Suleja Branch Manager Mr. Joel Nwosu or any other person presently acting as the Respondent's Suleja Branch Manager, to prison until the judgment delivered by this H…

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