Particulars of Error

It is also settled that the particulars are the specific reasoning, finding or observations relating to or projecting the error or misdirection complained of – see Globe Fishing Ind. Ltd. v. Coker (1990) 7 NWLR (Pt.162) 265 SC, wherein this Court, per Akpata, JSC, further explained as follows:
They are in a sense the itemization of the error or misdirection in the Judgment or Ruling. Particulars required are not the arguments or narratives that should be proffered at the hearing of the Appeal to establish that the Court erred or misdirected itself. They should also not be independent complaint from the ground but ancillary to it.
See also Nyako v. Adamawa State House of Assembly & Ors (2016) LPELR-41822(SC), wherein M. D. Muhammad, JSC, observed that:
The complaint of an Appellant can hardly be understood where there is a dichotomy between the mother/main ground and its "children or particulars. The law does not allow a party to divorce the particulars of a ground from the main ground. They are the specifications of errors or misdirection, which show what the complaint against the decision is. To determine whether or not a ground of appeal is relevant to the issue formulated in an appeal, that ground must be read in conjunction with the particulars to make it a complete ground and must be based on the issue in controversy between the parties.

The Appellant appealed and we must look at his Grounds of Appeal and Particulars of Error since the ground of appeal is the totality of the reasons why a decision that is complained of by a party is considered wrong, and the purpose of particulars is to advance reasons for the complaints in grounds of appeal – see Ehinlanwo v. Oke(2008) 16 NWLR (Pt. 1113) 357 and Diamond Bank V. P.I.C. Ltd (2009) 78 NWLR (pt 1172) 67.

That the question of declaration was raised in the particulars under the ground did not elevate the failure of the trial court to grant a declaration into aground of appeal of its own. 'Particulars' under a ground of appeal do not metamorphose into a ground of appeal.