MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, J.S.C.: (Delivering the Lead Ruling): The Plaintiffs by a Writ of Summons filed on the 22nd day of February, 2011 initiated this suit and by it activated the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, suit being one between the Attorney General of Adamawa State and 15 others against the Attorney General of the Federation.
The Claims set out by the plaintiffs are recast hereunder as follows:-
The Plaintiffs' claim against the Defendant is for the sum of Seven Billion, Thirty Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy Three Thousand, Three Hundred and Forty Eight Naira (N7,039,773,348.00) being the total outstanding value of the assets of the defunct Northern States Marketing Board taken over by the Federal Government of Nigeria that presently consist of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara States, which amount is computed in the following manner:-
A. Amount admitted by the Defen…