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FUTA & ANOR

(2013) JELR 35261 (CA)

Court of Appeal 29 Nov 2013 Nigeria
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- The Court of Appeal held that the cause of action in student-university disputes accrues only upon exhaustion of internal remedies, here on receipt of the final Senate decision letter, not when the original academic grievance occurred.

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Suit Number:CA/AK/39/13
Judges:SOTONYE DENTON WEST Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria CORDELIA IFEOMA JOMBO-OFO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Appellant represented himself having sue in forma pauperis For Appellant G. O. Omoedu Esq. For Respondent

CORDELIA IFEOMA JOMBO-OFO, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The plaintiff who hereinafter shall also be referred to as the appellant, commenced an action against the defendants who hereinafter shall be referred to as the respondents, at the Federal High Court, Akure, Ondo State vide a Writ of Summons issued 4th day of August, 2011 and a Statement of Claim also filed on the same 4th of August, 2011. Therein the plaintiff made the following claims against the defendants:

1. A DECLARATION that the handling, processing and subsequent computation of the Plaintiff's examination papers in courses: MEE 202, MEE 307, MEE 308, MEE 301, MEE 305, MEE 309, MEE 311, MEE 302, EEE 352 and MEE 312 by the defendants was most inappropriate, negligent and does not reflect his actual grades/performance in the said examinations.

2. A DECLARATION that the refusal of the Plaintiff's request by the defendants to either investigate how he came about the low scores or, remark his examination scripts altog…

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