OKULATE & ANOR VS. AWOSANYA & ORS (2000)
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- Supreme Court of Nigeria
- Judgment date
Summary of the Supreme Court case involving chieftaincy succession rights in Nigeria, focusing on jurisdiction and family status under constitutional law.
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- Concurrent findings of fact
- Jurisdiction of State High Court
- chieftaincy succession based on family rights
- constitutional supremacy under section 1(3) of the 1979 constitution
- customary court jurisdiction
- departure from supreme court precedent
- family membership and family status
- ouster of jurisdiction by state legislation