RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE EFFECT OF THE OMISSION OF THE WORD ‘LOCAL’ IN THE APPELLATION OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN A SUIT

SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT OMITTING THE WORD ‘LOCAL’ IN THE APPELLATION OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN A SUIT GOES TO THE ISSUE OF THE JURISTIC PERSONALITY OF SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT – CALABAR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT & ORS V ETUBOM HONESTY & ORS [2022] 2 NWLR (PT. 1815) 403