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MR. MEDEYINLO A. A. V. MR. JEMBI (PRESIDING OVERSEER) & ANOR

(2011) JELR 48902 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CA/L/361/08  •  18 Feb 2011  •  Nigeria

Coram
ADZIRA GANA MSHELIA JCA; JOHN INYANG OKORO JCA; MOHAMMED AMBI-USI DANJUMA JCA;

Judgement

ADZIRA GANA MSHELIA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Onigbanjo J. sitting at the Lagos High court delivered on 9th October 2007 in suit No.ID/M/8/2007.

The appellant/applicant by a motion ex-parte dated and filed 8/5/2007 sought and obtained leave on 14/5/2007 to enforce his Fundamental Right to Freedom of worship. The appellant/applicant also filed a motion on notice in which he asked for the following reliefs:

"a) A declaration that I was unlawfully excluded from worship at the Jubilee Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Low Cost Housing Estate, Ikorodu from Sunday 27th of August, 2006 to date is illegal, wrongful, unlawful, unjustifiable and unconstitutional that there shall be no exclusion zone to my freedom of worship to avoid doing future generation a major disservice.

(b) An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondent from further preventing the applicant to worship at the Jubilee Congregation of Jehovah's Witnes…

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