CORAM
MUHAMMAD LAWAL UWAIS
TASLIM O. ELIAS, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
OBIOMA OGWUEGBU CHIEF JUSTICE NIGERIA
SYLVESTER UMARU ONU,JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH,JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF BENDEL STATE APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The respondents instituted action to challenge the validity and the constitutionality of an edict which impose punishment on their community and which oust the jurisdiction of the court. ?
HELD
The court held that the court has no jurisdiction to inquire into the validity or constitutionality of the edict because it was made pursuant to a decree which ousts the court’s jurisdiction. ?
ISSUES
whether the Court of Appeal was right in overruling the decision of the learned trial judge that he had no jurisdiction to hear the plaintiff action.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
STATUTES REFERRED TO
The Ekpan and Ubeji Communities (Riots and Clashes) (Determination) Edict No. 7 of 1978The Tribunals or Inquiries (Validation, etc.) Decree No. 18 of 1977The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1963?