HON. ZAKA WANU I. GARUBA HON. LEVIS A. AIGBOGUN HON. FRANCIS O. OKIYE HON. PATRICK AISOWIEREN HON. KINGSLEY O. EHIGIAMUSOE HON. BLESSING AGBEBAKU HON. CHRISTOPHER I. ADESOTU HON. SUNDAY EBOSELE EREGHAN HON. EMMA OKODUWA HON. (DR.) ISRAEL MANDL AGUELE HON. SAMUEL SHEGUN SAIKI, JP V. HON. EHI BRIGHT OMOKHODION HON. PETER ALIU HON. PAUL OHONBAMU HON. PHILIP SHAIBU HON. IKPONMWONSA E. OGBEIWI HON. UWAMOSE AMADASUN HON. KABIRU ADJOTO HON. UYIGUE IGBE HON. FOLYJOSEPH OGEDENGBE HON. JUDE ISE-IDEHEN HON. BRIGHT N. OSAYANDE HON. BRIGHT OSAYIMWEN HON. JOHNSON E. OGHUMAH THE CLERK, EDO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
(2010) JELR 57559 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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CA/B/171/2010
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10 Dec 2010
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Nigeria
Coram
AMIRU SANUSI JCA (Presided)
GEORGE OLADEINDE SHOREMI JCA
ALI ABUBAKAR BABANDI GUMEL JCA (Read the Lead Judgment)
Appearances
I.E. Imadegbelo SAN (with him, A. Alofoje, U. Egbo, S.A. Onokpachere, Miss F. Shuaibu, S. Abasilim, B.S. Oisomoje, L.I. Okun and K. Idahosa) - for the Appellants.
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Adeniyi Akintola SAN (with him, Abiodun Amole and Miss I.R. Idehen) - for 1st - 4th Respondents.
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Nnamonso Ekanem (with him, Mrs. I. Ekoh and Gabriel Oladejo) - for 5th - 7th Respondents.
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Adetunji Oyeyipo SAN (with him, Rotimi Oguneso and Mrs. O.A.
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Odia) - for 8th - 11th Respondents. A
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Rickey Tarfa SAN (with him, A.J. Owonikoko, J.O. Odubela, Mrs.
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V.O. Igbinomwanhia, Ojeikhon) - for 12th - 14th Respondents.
Judgement
GUMEL JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the ruling of the Edo State High Court, Benin Judicial Division delivered by Acha, J. on 26 April 2010 in Suit No. B/155/0S/2010. Due to a series of events at the Edo State House of Assembly that led to and affected the leadership positions of some of the appellants, on or about 22 February 2010, the appellants as theplaintiffs before the lower court filed an originating summons dated 2 March 2010 seeking for a determination of certain questions and series of declaratory and injunctive reliefs. They are as follows:
(1) “... A declaration that not less than two-thirds majority of the 24 members of the Edo State House of Assembly is constitutionally required under section 92(2)(c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 for the purpose of the removal of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, that is 16 members.
(2) A declaration that the purported removal of the 1st and 2nd plaintiffs as Speaker and Deput…
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