"The wide powers of Section 25(1) cannot be so restrictively construed. The purposes and objects of sections 10 and 25 are distinct and different. Whereas section 10 speaks of amendments...
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"A right can be said to be vested when all the investitive facts which are necessary to create it have occurred. It is said to be contingent when only part...
"It is manifest that section 9 confers power on the Governor to suspend or withdraw recognition of a Chief having regard to being satisfied of the conditions either under 9(a)...
"Under the Chieftaincy Law, the appointment or selection of the chief is a matter for the Community whilst recognition is a matter for the State Governor."
"It cannot be disputed, on the law, that the Military Governor under section 18(4) of the said law No. 11 of 1981 is fully entitled to withdraw the recognition of...
"I do not see any difficulty or ambiguity in construing the meaning of Sections 9 and 14 of the Chief's Law. It is plain that Section 9 did not provide...
"I also do not agree with the Court of Appeal that the mere participation of these 3 disputed king-makers simpliciter would invalidate the whole election. See Na-Gambo v. N.E.C. (1993)...
"The nullification of the selection exercise by the court below, presupposes that all the 10 Kingmakers as stipulated in Exhibit '6' must be present at the meeting. With all due...
"A simple grammatical construction of the expression, 'the selectors present' and 'Largest number of votes' in Exhibit 6 reproduced above would mean the requirement of the quorum of seven and...
"There was evidence that out of the 11 king-makers stipulated in Paragraph 3 of Exhibit 6, 10 king-makers including the disputed ones were present at the elections. There was undisputed...
"The learned trial judge reviewed the evidence of both DWs 1, 3 and 4, as can be seen on page 152 of the record, and accepted their evidence. There is...
"The power, under the law, to suspend or depose a traditional ruler rests with the Governor of the State... Section 10 deals with the power of the governor... to 'suspend...