G. B. OROH & ORS V. B. B. BURAIMOH

ADEMOLA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The respondent in this appeal was plaintiff in the court below, and a member of the Nigerian Ports Authority Workers Union. He sued 26 defendants who are officers and members of the Union in an action in the court below in which he claimed as follows:-

1. That a true and proper Account be taken in respect of the Union Bank deposits in Account No. 3854 (current and NO. 22995 (savings) at the National Bank of Nigeria, Yaba Branch and account No. 243146 at the Union Bank of Nigeria Oyingbo Branch, in the Lagos Mainland Local Government area of Nigeria and the Federal Mortgage Bank (fixed Term Deposit) Lagos Island or elsewhere.

2. An order for true and full disclosure concerning the withdrawals and disbursement of the sum of N12,500.00 irregularly withdrawn from Account No. 3854 with the National Bank Yaba Branch aforesaid.

3. An order for true and full disclosure concerning the attempted and frustrated withdrawal of an irregular cheque …