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UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR & ANOR
V.
OJI

(2011) JELR 46032 (CA)

Court of Appeal 14 Mar 2011 Nigeria
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- The Applicant sought an order of mandamus compelling Respondents to correct the date of his Doctorate degree award, primarily to 7/7/2000 (the date he defended his thesis), or alternatively to 1/3/2001 (when corrections were completed), a

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Suit Number:CA/C/56/2010
Judges:KUMAI BAYANG AKAAHS Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ISAIAH OLUFEMI AKEJU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Joe Agi, SAN with M. Shuaibu For Appellant O. O. Amuzie, Esq. For Respondent

KUMAI BAYANG AKAAHS, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Pursuant to the leave granted by the Federal High court on 27/3/2007 (see page 115 of records) the Applicant filed a Motion on Notice on 3/4/2007 praying the court for the following:

(a) An order of MANDAMUS compelling the Respondents or their Agents to effect correctly the date of the Doctorate Degree award on the Applicant to 7/7/2000 when he successfully defended his ph. D. Thesis.

OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE

To effect correctly the Doctorate Degree Award on the Applicant to 1/3/2001 when he effected all the necessary corrections on the Ph.D. Thesis and same was acknowledge by the 1st Respondent.

b) To award the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) to the Appicant being special and general damages arising from the conduct of the respondents leading to this application.

Upon being served with Motion papers, the 1st Respondent filed Notice of Preliminary objection to the hearing of the suit on the following grounds:

(a) T…

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