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CHIEF (ALHAJI) MOSHOOD KASHIMAWO OLAWALE ABIOLA V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

(1995) JELR 43852 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  SC.214/1994  •  1 Jul 1995  •  Nigeria

Coram
MOHAMMED BELLO JSC; MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS JSC; MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE JSC; YEKINI OLAYIWOLA ADIO JSC; ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH JSC;

Appearances
Chief G.O.K. Ajayi, SAN (with him, Alao Aka-Bashorun, U. Ogedegbe and F.O. Desalu (Miss) -for the Applicants For Appellant T. Onwugbufor. Solicitor-General of the Federation (with him, L. Dike (Miss), (Principal Legal Officer). A.D. Sodangi, Esq., (Private Legal Practitioner): C.I. Okpoko, Esq. (Legal Officer) and Usman Mohammed Esq., (Legal Officer) - .for the Respondent. For Respondent

Judgement

BELLO, CJN: (Delivering the Leading Ruling): On 16th May, 1995, I granted the application of Chief M.K.O. Abiola hereinafter referred to as the applicant, for an order that the court to hear all matters in this appeal be reconstituted so as to exclude the following:-

The Hon. Justice Mohammed Bello, Chief Justice of Nigeria

The Hon. Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais. Justice of the Supreme Court

The Hon. Justice Salihu Modibbo Alfa Belgore, Justice of the Supreme Court

The Hon. Justice Abubakar Bashir Wali, Justice of the Supreme Court

The Hon. Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi. Justice of the Supreme Court

The Hon. Justice Emanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu, Justice of the Supreme Court

The Hon. Justice Uthman Mohammed. Justice of the Supreme Court

The Hon. Justice Sylvester Umaru Onu. Justice of the Supreme Court

The court adjourned sine die all matters in the appeal until a new panel has been reconstituted. I now give my reasons.

I think it is pertinent to state shortly the facts of the case giving ri…

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