The Supreme Court of Nigeria, in a lead judgement delivered by Honourable Chioma Egondu Nwosu-Iheme, JSC, addressed the issue of whether a condition precedent to instituting an action constitutes a bar to access to court. The case, SC/143/2015, involved Prince Olusegun Aderemi as appellant and Prince Adegoke Adeyemi and others as respondents. The facts of the case arose following the death of Oba Oluwole Amele, leading to a dispute over the selection of a new monarch.
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