It has been a long standing principle of our law that pleadings must not be evasive; it must be cogent and pungent. One of the objects of pleadings is to settle the issues to be tried and it must be taken as established law that parties are bound by their pleadings and the Court should not allow evidence to be given in respect of facts not pleaded or not clearly pleaded. [1]
[1]Atanda and others v Ajani and others (1989) 3 NWLR (Pt 111) 555.