ALEX NZEI & DR. A.M. IBEANU V. UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA (UNN) & 4 ORS

ONNOGHEN AG.CJN (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal(Enugu Division) in appeal No. CA/E/118/2001 delivered on 30 June 2005 in which the court dismissed the appeal of the present appellants against the decision of the Federal High Court holden at Enugu in suit No. FHC/EN/CP/147/2000 delivered on 30 March 2001 striking out the suit on grounds of lack of locus standi.

The facts of the case, as can be gathered from the record include the following:

On 12 July 2000 during a University Forum convened by  the Council of the 1st respondent in which the 2nd respondent, the then Vice-Chancellor of the 1st respondent, was to deliver an address, the students of the 1st respondent rioted and disturbed the forum. When the rioting became violent, the University was forced to close down following which the University Council set up an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the riot with the following terms of reference:

“(i) To establish the remote …