CHIEF SARO MANSON ENGR. CHISON UWAZIE STEB BERE-KRISTEN MRS. HANNAH BAGHABO (FOR THEMSELVES AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A.C.M. INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY, TRANS-AMADI PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE) V. HALLIBURTON ENERGYSERVICES NIGERIA LIMITED NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD (CITY GROUP)

THOMAS JCA (Delivering the Lead Ruling): The plaintiffs/applicants, now simply to be called applicants in this ruling, filed on 18th May 2005, a motion on notice for preliminary objection against the defendants/ respondents’notices of appeal and motions on notice filed earlier.

The respondents’ notice of appeal objected to are as follows:

Notice of appeal dated 7-1-2005 and filed same day against the final judgment delivered by High Court Rivers State on 21-12-2004 in suit No. PHC/269/98.

Notice of appeal dated and filed on 28-1-2005 against a ruling delivered on 28-1-2005 by the same High Court of Rivers State in same suit No. PHC/269/98.

(c) Notice ofappeal datedand filed9-2-2005 against another ruling delivered on 8-2-2005.

Still further, the respondents also had filed before this court , i) a motion on notice for stay of execution dated and filed on 31- 1-05, the motion bears motion No. CA/PH/29M3/05;

) 2 motions for injunction both bearing motions No. CA/PH/ 29M1/2005 and CA/PH/29M2/…