CORAM

TASLIM O. ELIAS, CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA

GEORGE S. SOWEMIMO, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

DANIEL O. IBEKWE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

M. N. UTTAH APPELLANTS

RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The appellant appealed against the judgment of the lower court which was predicated on a report submitted by a referee appointed by the High Court of Biafra.

HELD

The court held that the decision was a nullity and ordered a retrial.

ISSUES

Whether the judgment of the trial court, predicated on a report of a referee appointed by the High Court of “Biafra”, was valid

RATIONES DECIDENDI

WHETHER APPEAL COULD LIE FROM THE DECISION OF THE HIGH COURT OF BIAFRA

No appeal could lie from a non-existent High Court of the so-called “Biafra”, to the Supreme Court of Nigeria- Elias CJN

CASES CITED

STATUTES REFERRED TO

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