In Nworika v Ononeze-Madu, the Nigerian Supreme Court upheld the decision of the lower court, denying the appellant standing to challenge the decision of the Imo State government. This highlighted the position of Nigerian courts on the rule of locus standi, which denies access to justice for many Nigerians who seek a court order to declare a law unconstitutional or to challenge the actions of the government or its agencies. This article examines the context of the application of the rule of locus standi before Nigerian courts and argues that the decision of the Supreme Court in Adesanya v President of Nigeria, which is the classic authority on the strict rule of locus standi in Nigeria, is outdated in the context of contemporary human rights development and that Nigerian courts can learn from the Indian courts that have discarded the strict application of the rule of locus standi through judicial activism.

在Nworika v Ononeze-Madu 案中，尼日利亚最高法院维持了下级法院的决定，否认上诉人对伊莫州政府的决定提出质疑的资格。这突显了尼日利亚法院对出庭规则的立场，该规则剥夺了许多寻求法院命令以宣布法律违宪或质疑政府或其机构的行动的尼日利亚人获得正义的机会。本文考察了在尼日利亚法院适用诉讼地规则的背景，并认为最高法院在Adesanya v President of Nigeria 案中的裁决作为尼日利亚严格出庭规则的经典权威，在当代人权发展的背景下已经过时，尼日利亚法院可以借鉴印度法院通过司法途径摒弃严格适用出庭规则的做法。行动主义。