BELLO, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The respondent was a candidate at the 1969/70 G.C.E. examination conducted by the appellant. He was examined in History, Government and Economics but he failed to score pass grades in all the subjects. As might be expected, the respondent was not satisfied with the results. He sent a letter dated 27th July, 1970, to the appellant protesting against the grades awarded him as he thought the grades fell short of his brilliant performances at the examinations and requesting the appellants to permit him to see his answer scripts. To reinforce his protest and claim to high scholarship, he attached to that letter for "perusal and return" the following documents:
(1) A complimentary personal letter of the Principal of Rapid Result College, London;
(2) Marked answer scripts from Rapid Result College, London;
(3) Marked answer scripts from School of Careers, Lagos;
He also enclosed therein a postage stamp worth 2/- for the return of the aforemention…