OSAREMWINDAN AIGUOKHIAN VS THE STATE (EDO STATE)
June 12, 2025CHIEF MAXWELL DAKIPIRI ODI & ORS V CHIEF HARRISON IYALLA
June 12, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (2004) Legalpedia (SC) 21211
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Apr 2, 2004
Suit Number: SC. 52/1999
CORAM
SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
DENNIS ONYEJIFE EDOZIE, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
IGNATIUS CHUKWUDI PATS ACHOLONU, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
CHIEKWE IKWUNZE ESIAGA APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant applied for enforcement of his fundamental human rights on the ground that he was not giving fair hearing before his suspension and that the university should release the result of future examination
HELD
The court held that issue of fair hearing did not yet arise and that the suspension pending the investigation was within the powers of the University.
ISSUES
Whether the provisions of section 33(1)(2) and (4) of the 1979 Constitution and the ratios in Garba V. the University of Maiduguri (1986) 1 NWLR (Pt.18) 550 are applicable to this suit.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
1. Board of Education V. Rice (1911) A.C. 179 at P. 822. Cooper V. Wandsworth Board of Works (1863) 14 CB(NS) 180,3. Ridge V. Baldwin (1964) A.C. 40,4. Durayappah V. Fernando (1967) 2 A.C. 3375. Wiseman V. Borneman (1917) A.C. 297
STATUTES REFERRED TO
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1979
