BISHOP PAUL AKPAN AUGUSTINE V. BISHOP NYONG DAVIES AYAKNDUE BISHOP JACOB BROWN UDOBANG (REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF MOUNT ZION LIGHT HOUSE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH INCORPORATED)

AKAAHS JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The plaintiffs, who are the respondents to this appeal, took out an originating summons for the determination of the following question: Whether having regard to the Constitution and By-laws of the Mount Zion Lighthouse Full Gospel Church Inc., as amended in 1993, the defendant is qualified to be the President of Mount Zion Lighthouse Full Gospel Church Inc?

The plaintiffs then claimed the following reliefs:

A declaration that the office of the President of Mount Zion

Lighthouse Full Gospel Church Inc. can only be occupied in accordance with the Constitution of Mount Zion lighthouse Full Gospel Church Inc.as amended in 1992.

A declaration that the defendant not being a Registered Trustee of Mount Zion Lighthouse Full Gospel Church Inc. is not qualified to occupy the office of the presidentof the said church. A declaration that the action of the defendant in parading and holding out himself as the President of MountZion Lighthouse Full Gospel Ch…