CORAM
OLAJIDE OLATAWURA JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT (Read the Leading Judgment)
MUHAMMED SAIFULLAH MUNTAKA- COOMASSIE
MUHAMMED SAIFULLAH MUNTAKA- COOMASSIE
MUHAMMED SAIFULLAH MUNTAKA- COOMASSIE
PARTIES
CHIEF OZO NWANKWO ALOR & ANOR APPELLANTS
CHRISTOPHER NGENE & ORS RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal Enugu Division in which it dismissed the appeal of the appellant and held that the decision of the trial court was interlocutory.
HELD
The court dismissed the appeal, and affirmed the decision of the court of Appeal.
ISSUES
Whether the decision of the trial court was final or interlocutory.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
1. Afuwape v. Shodipe (1957) SCNLR 2652. Akinsanya v. UBA Ltd. (1986) 4 NWLR (Pt. 35) 273. 3. Chief Alo Ozo Nwadogbu & ors v. Nathaniel Chinze & Ors 4. Clement Ebokam v. Ekwenibe & Sons Trading Co. Ltd (199) 10 NWLR (Pt. 622) 242 (1999) 7 SCNJ 77 5. Ebet v. Kassim (1966) NMLR 123 6. Ebokam v. Ekwenibe (1999) 10 NWLR (Pt. 622) 242
STATUTES REFERRED TO
1. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1979.
2. Court of Appeal Act Cap. 75, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990
3. Court of Appeal Act 19764. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999.