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September 2, 2019 12:17 pm
“It is a settled law that an issue for determination must flow from a ground(s) of appeal. Where an issue is not a progeny of a ground(s) of appeal, it is rendered incompetent and the court will be disrobed of the jurisdiction to entertain it, seeOmagbemi v. Guinness Nig. Ltd. (1995) 2 NWLR (Pt. 377) 258; Lewis v. UBA Plc. (2016) 6 NWLR (Pt. 1508) 329; Isaac v. Imasuen (2016) 7 NWLR (Pt. 1511) 250; Okereke v. Umahi (2016) 11 NWLR (Pt. 1524) 438; Udom v. Umana (No. 1) (2016) 12 NWLR (Pt. 1526) 179; Nsirim v. Amadi (2016) 5 NWLR (Pt. 1504) 42; Udom v. Umana (No. 1) (supra); Lewis v. UBA Plc. (2016) 6 NWLR (Pt. 1508) 329; Salisu v. Mobolaji (2016) 15 NWLR (Pt. 1535) 242.” PER O. F. OGBUINYA, J.C.A., in