Sentiments, it must be borne in mind, command no place in judicial deliberations: EZEUGO v. OHANYERE (1979) 6 SC 17; MOHAMMED IDRISU v. MODUPE OBAFEMI (2004) 11 NWLR (Pt. 884) 396; ORJI UZOR KALU v. F.R.N. & ORS (2016) LPELR-40108 (SC).
The aim of adjudication is to discover the truth as far as that is possible within our human limitations, and to find out the true bearing of the law on the facts as pleaded and as made issues, from those pleadings.
A Court has no power to make an order or grant a relief which has not been asked for by any of the parties. A Court of Law may award less, but not more than what the parties have claimed. A fotriori, the Court should never award that which was never claimed or pleaded by either party. In A. G. Federation v. AIC Ltd (2000)10 NWLR (Pt.675) 293 at 305 it was clearly held as follows:
"It should always be born in mind that a Court of Law is not a charitable institution. Its duty in civil cases is to render into everyone according to his proven claim. This is based on the fundamental principle of adjudication that a defendant must be given opportunity to answer the claim against him and if need be to resist it. See Ekpanyong v. Nyong (1975) 2 SC. 71, Obejimi v. A. G. Western Nigeria (1967) A.N.L.R. 31.