Appeal Court Declares Lead City University’s Law Programme Illegal

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that Lead City University had been running its Law programme illegally.

The three-man panel of judges upturned the decision of an Oyo State High Court which nullified the National Universities Commission's (NUC) invalidation of the programme.

The lower court's judgement was based on a suit filed by a first class graduate of law from the university, Segun Alli, accusing the NUC of denying him the right to proceed to law school after completing his degree programme at the university.

Giving the lead Judgment, which was unanimously adopted by two other justices, Chidi Uwa upheld the appeal of the NUC, declaring that the university had been operating its law programme without the required accreditation.

The court also held that Mr. Alli lacked the locus standi to initiate the suit in the first place. It held that the matter under contention was between NUC and the Lead City University over compliance with directives to set up a valid Law Faculty.