JOSEPH EYO EKANEM, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in the Abuja Judicial Division, ("the trial court') the 1st respondent as plaintiff took out a writ of summons endorsed with a statement of claim in suit No.FCT/HC/ABJ/2016/2011 against the appellant and 2nd respondent as 1st defendant and 2nd defendant, respectively, claiming as follows:
"1. A declaration that the failure of the 1st defendant to give the plaintiff six (6) months Notice of Intention to Terminate the Contract Agreement dated 19/8/2006 is a breach of the terms of the Contract Agreement dated 19/8/2006 entered into between the parties,
2. The sum of ₦26,133,334.00 (Twenty-Six Million, One Hundred and Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-Four Naira) being the balance of the sum of ₦274,400,000 (Two Hundred and Seventy Four Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) being due payment by the 2nd defendant to the plaintiff under Contract Agreement dated …