"Of equal importance is the fact the procedure for service of Court processes on corporations, is governed by Section 78 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, which requires that the writ be served by giving same to any director, trustee, secretary or other principal officer at the registered office of the company or by leaving same at its registered office. Further emphasized this fact was when the Supreme Court per Mustapher JSC in the case of Mark vs. Eke (Supra) at p. 1478, where the eminent jurist stated that: "The mode of service on a limited liability company under the relevant rules of Court is different from service of process on a natural person. The Companies and Allied Matters Act by Section 78 makes a provision as to how to serve documents generally on any company registered under it. By this, a Court process is served on a company must be at its registered office of the company and it is therefore bad and ineffective it is done at a branch of the company. The procedure is by giving the writ to any Director, Trustee, Secretary or other Principal Officer at the Registered Office of the Company or by leaving the same at its office."

Per BARKA, J.C.A IN PLASTEX (NIG) LTD v. MAINLAND OIL & GAS CITATION: (2018) LPELR-43509(CA)