"The function of the Judex is simply jus dicere, and not jus dare. Accordingly this court, in D. E. Okumagba v. Egbe (1965) 1 ALL NLR 62, had condemned any attempt by a court of law embarking on judicial legislation by reading into the provision of a statute words that are not there, or which words are not contemplated by the law maker. Thus, as the Court of Appeal had rightly stated in Edozie v. Edozie & ORS (1998) 12 NWLR (pt.580) at 152.

"Courts should not read into an enactment words which are not to be  found there and which will alter its operative effect".