It is a cardinal principle of the law that a party must rely on the strength of his case and not on the weakness of his opponent. see Ituama v. Akpe-Ime (2000) 2 NWLR part 680 page 156, Ihekoronye v. Hart (2000) 15 NWLR part 692 page 840.
— A.M. Mukhtar, JSC. Agboola v UBA (2011) – SC.86/2003
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In other words balance of convenience means such a balance as between the existing parties to the suit, not a balance decided upon by taking into account interests of strangers to the suit.
– Nnaemeka-Agu, JSC. Adejumo v. Ayantegbe (1989)
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