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September 2, 2019 12:32 pm
“The importance of prayer in a statement of claim, a version of petition in this specie of proceeding, which is a critical process in adjectival law, cannot be underscored. Every statement of claim/petition terminates with a prayer. In the absence of the prayer portion of it, a statement of claim/petition is deemed as bare assertions and liable to be struck out, see Stowe v. Benstowe (2012) 9 NWLR (Pt. 1306) 450.” PER O. F. OGBUINYA, J.C.A., in