ON THE IMPROPRIETY OF CLASSIFYING SERVICE OF COURT PROCESSES BY ELECTRONIC MAIL AS SUBSTITUTED MEANS OF SERVICE
Service of originating court processes (court processes) is one of the factors that confers jurisdiction on the court to entertain or sit on a matter. Failure to serve a process on the other party will strip the court of the jurisdiction to hear and determine a matter no matter how meritorious. There are two ways by which service of court processes may be effected. Firstly, personally. And the second is by substituted means. To effect a proper service, a party must be served the originating process personally, that is in person. However, where it happens that the defendant cannot be served personally, the party who wants to serve him can serve him by substituted means after obtaining the leave of court to so serve him. The list of service by substituted means is without end. Basically, it depends on the facts surrounding how best the person to be served will come to know about the pending matter in court. The Rules of various courts in Nigeria makes provision for substituted servi