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  Court of Appeal (Ibadan Division)

  Judgment date

  1 June 2009

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• EMMANUEL AKHIGBE V. SAMUEL SHENOGHOR (2003)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Benin Division)

  Judgment date

  25 May 2003

  Summary of Emmanuel Akhigbe v. Samuel Shenoghor discussing legal principles around declaratory reliefs and injunctions in Nigerian law.

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• ALHAJI RAMONI MOHAMMED OPEKUN V. ALHAJI ALIDU AFOLABI SADIQ, (2003)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Ilorin Division)

  Judgment date

  14 April 2003

  Summary of the landmark ruling in Opekun v. Sadiq, addressing abuse of judicial process and the right to appeal in the Nigerian legal system.

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