ALHAJI IBRAHIM TAIWO AJOMAGBERIN & ORS V. RAHEEM AREGBE & ORS

RITA NOSAKHARE PEMU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the Judgment of Honourable Justice (Mrs) D.F. Akinsanya delivered on the 12th of September 2003 sitting at the High Court No. 2 Lagos, in Suit No. LD/1228/2000. Pages 48 - 55 of the Record of Appeal.

By writ of Summons dated 20th of April 2000, and paragraph 7 of the Statement of Claim dated 10th April 2000, the Respondents, (as Plaintiffs in the lower Court) claimed the following reliefs viz:

"The nullification of the decision of the Defendants to reject the report of a fully conducted Tribunal by expanding the Two RULING HOUSES formed by it (DEYARI/OYEROKUN and KUEJI/ILUMO) to four RULING HOUSES OF DEYARI, KUEJI, KUMUYI AND ILUMO without calling any new evidence."

And

N500,000.00 general damages for the Wrongful expansion of the same Ruling Houses. Pages 1 - 6 of the Record of Appeal.

Parties filed and exchanged their pleadings, and before the case could proceed to hearing, the Appellants brou…