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APPLICABILITY OF INTERPRETATION ACT IN CONSTRUING LIMITATION PERIOD IN PRE-ELECTION MATTERS
Indeed Mr. Anuga for the 1st respondent and Mr. Numa for the 2nd respondent are the correct state of affairs in matters such as the one at hand and in the light of the prevailing circumstances well settled, there was no jurisdiction in trial court to adjudicate, hence, the holding of the court below on the lack of jurisdiction which fundamental vice has visited the apex court leaving it without option than to say there is jurisdiction and there is no use going into the Interpretation Act and section 318 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to which learned Silk and appellant is pushing for as neither the Interpretation Act and section 318 of the CFRN is applicable.
Per Mary Peter-Odili JSC (Rtd) in Senator Heinekein Lokpobiri v. All Progressives Congress & 2 Ors (2021) 3 NWLR PT. 1764 PG 538 @ 547 paragraph C-E
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This is banker-customer dispute, wherein the Respondent as plaintiff at the trial court took out a Writ of Summons before the Niger State High Court, Coram; Honourable Justice Mariyam Ismaila J. complaining of the negligent conduct of the bank in the handling of his account in an online transaction, which amounted to a breach of it’s duty of care and fiduciary duty.
2022-09-04
We are pleased to have represented Vertex Agro Limited in a N112,500,000.00 (One Hundred and Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) Only litigation before the Niger State High Court Coram; Ahmad Danladi J in Suit No: NSHC/SD/46/2019 against an obstinate debtor.
2022-02-22
