Supreme Court throws out Akeredolu’s appeal, awards N500,000 cost against him

Akeredolu had, by the appeal, challenged a July 20017 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which upheld an order by a Federal High Court in Abuja, granting permission to Olusegun Abraham to serve Akeredolu through substituted means, court documents in relation to the suit he (Abraham) filed.

In a unanimous judgment, a five-man panel of the Supreme Court held that Akeredolu’s appeal was without merit.

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Justice John Okoro, in the lead judgment, but read by Justice Ejembi Eko, upheld the ealier decision of the Court of Appeal and awarded N500,000 cost against Akeredolu, in favour of Abraham.