AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The 1st - 5th Respondents were students who took part in the 1993/1994 University Matriculation Examinations (UME) conducted by the 6th Respondent on the 8th of May 1993. They were offered provisional admission into the Appellant University, which they accepted and after paying the necessary fees, they were registered as students by the Appellant. Three months later, however, the Appellant cancelled their provisional admissions pursuant to a directive of the 6th Respondent, in a letter dated 31/5/94, which reads -
"As a result of our routine checks of the particulars of candidates so far offered provisional admission by your University, the candidates listed on the attached list were involved in tampering with their examination particulars. The Board would like to request that all the candidates listed on the attached list should not be registered. Any admission letters they may possess have been declared void'~ (Italics mi…