NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION V. REV'D SEGUN ADEMOLA ALLI & ANOR

CHIDI N. UWA, JCA (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): This appeal is against the decision of the Federal High Court Holden at Ibadan in Suit No. FHC/IB/CS/50/2009, delivered on the 26th day of July, 2011 by J.E. Shakarho, J. in which judgment was given in favour of the 1st Respondent granting all the reliefs sought.

The 1st Respondent herein was the plaintiff in the trial court and a student of the 2nd Respondent (hereafter referred to as the University) commenced action against the appellant as 1st defendant and the University as 2nd defendant by way of originating summons in the lower court in which the following questions were sought to be determined.

1. "Whether the 1st Defendant has the power in law to declare the Faculty of Law, Lead City University, Ibadan and its Law programme illegal, unapproved and unrecognized as it has impliedly done in its advertorial in The Nation Newspaper of Monday, October 12, 2009, same having been approved, recognized and licensed by the Federal Gove…