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USMAN
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KADUNA STATE HOUSE OF ASS.

(2007) JELR 48142 (CA)

Court of Appeal 5 Apr 2007 Nigeria
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- This is an appeal against a judgment of the Kaduna State High Court in Suit No. KDH/KAD/575/2006. - The appellant was the plaintiff at the trial court, suing the respondents as defendants. - The appellant claimed various declaratory relie

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Suit Number:CA/K/279/06
Judges:BABA ALKALI BA'ABA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria AMIRU SANUSI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ABUBAKAR ABDULKADIR JEGA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:CHIEF Y.U. USMAN, SAN with MRS. S.O. OMOLOBA and MRS. ZAINAB ATOBA For Appellant MR. E. TORO, SAN, with MR. S. ATUNG and MISS S. MALLAM For Respondent
Other Citations:USMAN V. K.S.H.A. (2007) 11 NWLR (Pt.1044) 148 C.A.

BABA ALKALI BA'ABA, J.C.A.(Delivering the leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Kaduna State High Court of Justice, holden at the Kaduna Judicial Division in Suit No. KDH/KAD/575/200G, delivered on the 31st day of October, 2006, by Hon. Justice H. Gwadah, of the Kaduna State High Court.

The appellant herein was the plaintiff at the trial court, where he instituted an action against the respondents who were the defendants by an endorsed writ of summons dated the 22nd day of August, 2006 and claimed from all the defendants jointly and severally per his paragraph 17 of his statement of claim as follows:

"17. WHEREOF, the plaintiff claims from all the defendants jointly and severally as follows:

1. A declaration that the purported expulsion of the plaintiff by the 2nd Defendant as a member of Kaduna State House of Assembly as well as declaring the plaintiff's seat vacant by the House is unconstitutional null and void.

2. Declaration that the Plaintiff is still a…

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