IDOWU OLUWADARE V. UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN THE VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN REGISTRAR, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

UWA JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appeal is against the A judgment of the Federal High Court, sitting at Ilorin, presided over by A.

Faji J, delivered on 30 April 2014.

At the trial court, the appellant had applied for judicial review through an application for mandamus pursuant to the Federal High Court

Rules, 2009, against the respondents herein where he claimed as follows:

An order of mandamus, compelling the respondents herein by themselves, servants and/or agents to release to the appellant, his B.Sc. Economics certificate, having demanded/ requested for same without any response. A declaration that the withholding or further withholding of the appellant’s B.Sc. certificate by the respondents after demand for same had been made is derogatory of public duty, discriminatory, prejudicial, unlawful, mala fide and unconstitutional.

N10,000,000.00 (ten million naira) jointly and/or severally against the respondents on the footing of aggravated andexemplary dam ages fo r de…