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MEKWUNYE

(2016) JELR 36950 (CA)

Court of Appeal 22 Mar 2016 Nigeria
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- This case involves an appeal against a decision of the High Court of Lagos State. - The appellant published an advert inviting candidates to register online for an exam, and the respondent registered but her name was cut short due to a so

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Suit Number:CA/L/195/2015
Judges:UZO I. NDUKWE-ANYANWU JCA TIJJANI ABUBAKAR JCA JAMILU YAMMAMA TUKUR JCA
Counsel:C. Mekwunye For the Respondent.

UZO I. NDUKWE-ANYANWU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court of Lagos State delivered on the 19th day of November, 2013 by Hon. Justice O. O. Femi-Adeniyi.

Sometime in April 2008, the Appellant published an advert in the National dailies inviting interested candidates to register online via Appellant's website for the Senior Certificate Exams for November/December 2008 batch. In view of the advert, the Respondent purchased a scratch card for the online registration and then accessed the Appellant's website to register.

It is the case of the Respondent that she registered for the examination with the name "Mekwunye Providence Ogechukwu" but upon acknowledgment of the registration the last two letters of her name was omitted to read thus "Mekwunye Providence Ogechuk". She tried to contact the Appellant in a bid to find out why her name was cut short but her effort proved abortive. She then instructed her counsel to write to the …

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