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IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The instant appeal is a fall-out of the Judgment of the Federal High Court, Benin Judicial Division, delivered on June 10, 2008 in Suit No. FH/B/C5/118/2006. By the Judgment in question, the court below, coram: Chukura Nnamani, J; dismissed the Appellant's preliminary objections and entered judgment for the 1st - 3rd and 6th - 15th Respondents (1st and 2nd sets of Plaintiffs), respectively.
BACKGROUND FACTS:
The facts and circumstances surrounding the appeal are gleanable from the records of appeal. Indeed, the genesis of the appeal is traceable to July 10, 2006. That was the day the 1st set of Respondents (1st set of Plaintiffs) instituted the said suit, vide a Writ of Summons, seeking some declaratory and injunctive reliefs against the Appellant, 4th and 5th Respondents, respectively. By the Statement of Claim filed along with the Writ of Summons thereof, the 1st - 3rd Respondents sought the following reliefs aga…