Limitation Law (101)
"Time begins to run for the purposes of the limitation law from the date the cause of action accrues. British Airways Plc. v. Akinyosoye (1995) 1 NWLR (pt.374) pg.722. Shell Petroleum Development Co. (Nig.) Ltd. v. Farah (1995) 3 NWLR (pt.382) pg.148.
"Where a law prescribes a period for instituting an action, proceedings cannot be instituted after that period. The plaintiff/respondent was out of time by five years. Ekeogu v. Abiri (1991) 3 NWLR (pt.179) pg.258. Yabugbe v. COP (1992) 4 NWLR (pt.234) pg.162. Ibrahim v. J.S.C. (1998) 14 NWLR (pt.584) pg.1 ." Per ADEKEYE, J.S.C (P 36,Paras F-G) DR. TOSIN AJAYI V. PRINCE (MRS.) OLAJUMOKE ADEBIYI & ORS(2012) LPELR-7811(SC)
"Once again, where an action is statute-barred, a plaintiff who might have had a cause of action loses the right to enforce the cause of action by judicial process because the period of time laid down by the limitation law for instituting such an action had elapsed and the right to commence the action would have been extinguished by law. Emiator v. Nigerian Army (1999) 12 NWLR (pt.631) pg.362. Ekeogu v. Abiri (1991) 3 NWLR (pt.179)pg.258.