Case Law

On construction of expropriatory statutes

Provost Lagos State College of Education v. Edun [2004] 6 NWLR (Pt. 870) 476 at 509, paras. D-E, per Tobi, JSC (of blessed memory): “It is settled law that expropriatory statutes which encroach on a person’s proprietary rights must be construed fortissime contra preferentes that is strictly against the acquiring authority but sympathetically in favour […]