“Furthermore, this suit lacks all essential ingredients for the purpose of conferring jurisdictional competence in the court to hear and determine the suit as laid down in Madukolu Vs Nkemdilim (1962) 2 SCLR, 341. This position of the law has long been settled in this case as to the principles which must be satisfied before the court can competently entertain a suit:

"a. The court is properly constituted as regards members and qualification of the members of the bench, such that no member is disqualified for one reason or the other;

b.   The subject matter of the case is within its jurisdiction, and there is no feature  in  the  case which prevents the court from exercising jurisdiction; and

c.  The case comes before the court by due process of law and upon fulfilment of any condition precedent  to  the   exercise of jurisdiction. 

”PER S.D.BAGE, J.S.C IN THE CASE OF CHIDI B. NWORIKA VS MRS. ANN ONONEZE-MADU & ORS Legalpedia Electronic Citation: LER [2019]SC.307/2008