ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/05 Jerry Ugokwe v. Nigeria
IN THE COMMUNITY COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN
STATES (ECOWAS) HOLDEN AT ABUJA, NIGERIA ON THE 7TH OCTOBER, 2005
SUIT No. ECW/CCJ/APP/02/05
JUDGMENT No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/05
BETWEEN
HONOURABLE DR. JERRY UGOKWE - Plaintiff
V.
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA - Defendant
2. HONOURABLE DR. CHRISTIAN OKEKE (Applicant for intervention)
COMPOSITION OF THE COURT
HON. JUSTICE HANSINE N. DONLI - PRESIDING
HON. JUSTICE AWA NANA DABOYA - MEMBER
HON JUSTICE EL MANSOUR TALL - MEMBER
ASSISTED BY Mr. Tony Anene -Maidoh - Chief Registrar
COUNSEL TO THE PARTIES
Wale Adebayo, Kayode Ajulo - for the Plaintiff
Ayodele Akande - for the Defendant
Fedelie A. Obateru - for the Intervener
Judgment of the Court
1. The Applicant, Hon. Dr. Jerry Ugokwe, a Nigerian Member of Parliament, resident at Zone B - Block 22,
Flat 1, Apo Legislative Quarters, at Abuja - Nigeria, is represented by his counsel Adebayo Adewole Esq.,
living at 1st Floor Maim Court - Plot 252 A, Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja Nigeria.
2. The Defendant, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, admitted in the person of the Hon. Attorney General and
Federal Minister of Justice, is represented by Mr. Ike Chukwu Maledo of the Office of the Attorney General
and Minister of Justice - Federal Secretariat, Maitama, Abuja; and by Akande Ayodeji Esq.
3. The intending Intervener, Hon. Justice Okeke, living at No. 8 Eket Close, Area 8, Garki, Abuja - Nigeria,
has as his counsel, Jude Okeke Esq., the latter having chosen as residence the same address as his client,
i.e. No. 8 Eket Close, Area 8, Garki, Abuja - Nigeria.
4. All the Parties have appeared in Court with their respective lawyers, or were duly represented. It shall be
appropriate to adjudicate upon their submissions, after all the Parties involved in the case have duly been
heard just like the lawyers, all the parties have acted in accordance with Article 28 (3) of the Rules of the
Court.
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