Iloabachie v. Phillips (2002) FWLR (Pt. 115) 726 , (2002) 14 NWLR (Pt. 787) page 264 at 288 it was held thus:- “A party cannot rely on and take the benefits of the acts of body or the contents of a document and at the same time turn round to question the legality of the same acts of the self-same body or the contents of same documents.”
A PARTY MUST BE CONSISTENT IN STATING HIS CASE BEFORE THE HIERARCHY OF COURTS
The law is settled beyond any controversy that a party must be consistent in stating his case at the trial Court up to the appellate Court. A party is not allowed to present different cases before each hierarchy of Court as he likes. Put differently, a party is not allowed in the presentation of his...